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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... consecutive trading day yesterday, as investors shunned the big miners and energy stocks, although a small relief rally in the banks helped to cap losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index slid 46.2 points to 5134.2 while the broader All Ordinaries lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Australian shares declined 0.9 per cent at noon after recession fears pushed US stocks lower and investors shunned the banks on concerns they are having to take on too much debt. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index slid 46.3 points to 5134.1 ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... with Business Spectator, Smith outlined his take on the ballooning liquidity crunch and its implications for Australasian banks. Probably the chief message is Smith's take on the political economy of the liquidity crunch in Australia. He appears to be ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... According to the research, there was no correlation between notification compliance and individual sectors. "The four major banks seemed to struggle much less with this problem than other sectors, but outside of the very large banks many other financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... index was 2.95 per cent, or 160.2 points, lower at 5275.2. NAB shares had lost more than five per cent and the other major banks were down by between three and five per cent each. Shares in Allco continued to slide, losing more than 20 per cent to 50 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... dropped 52.31 points, or 2.30 per cent, to close unofficially at 2,220.50. LONDON - Britain's top share index slid, with banks on both sides of the Atlantic hit by fears of more losses, while weak US housing data fuelled concerns for a US economy flirting ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... mortgage business was one of a few long-term achievers in a market crowded with challengers to the dominance of the largest banks. Over the last six years Macquarie expanded its share of the home loan market by almost half and was one of the few challengers ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... due to higher funding costs. Its shares rose 85 cents to $51.60. Babcock & Brown added 41 cents to $16.64. The four big banks were higher with ANZ up 29 cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $21.73, Commonwealth Bank up 95 cents, or 2.3 per cent, to $40.95, National ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... cent, at 2,230.19. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index fell for the fifth straight session to close down 0.9 per cent, led by banks and oil shares, but fund manager Schroders shone after its 2007 results beat expectations. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,767.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... slipped 15.51 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 2,255.97. LONDON - Britain's leading share index slid 1.1 per cent, dragged by banks and oil stocks as investors feared a US recession was nigh, but global bank HSBC bucked the trend on its results and a higher ...