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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... sessions. "We have recovered some of that ground that was lost given the strength of trade today." Mr Land singled out the big banks and the big end of the resources sector as the major drivers behind the market today. Takeover fever added weight to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... BHP Billiton, and Alcoa. The Australian share market ended one per cent lower on Friday for the second straight day as the banks felt the pressure of lingering sub-prime mortgage problems in the US. The resource sector also weakened as commodity prices ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... At 1206 AEDT, BHP Billiton shares were up 58 cents to $41.73 and Rio Tinto shares had added 10 cents to $134.69. All the banks were down. National Australia Bank was down $1.43 to $42.57, as the stock began trading ex-dividend, Westpac lost 20 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... downgrade by oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum and falls in potential merger partners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The banks were also a drag on the market, which got off to a bad start after concerns about the repricing of subprime mortgages in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... after it downgraded its production forecast for 2008 on the back of project delays and asset divestments. At 1217 AEDT the banks, too, were mixed. National Australia Bank was down 45 cents to $44.39, ANZ lost 28 cents to $28.42, Westpac was 18 cents ...

Polaris sets PACE

... in banking and financial services and this is the most suitable location to support the complex requirements of leading banks in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand," said Arun Jain, Polaris Software's chief executive. He said the new centre will ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
While US and European banks take an 'open-Kimono position' towards sub-prime losses, it's leaving Godzilla sized footprints on Japan's financial sector, crushing the $320 billion Mizuho merger and derailing a share-swap between Citigroup and Nikko Cordial. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... had spent much of the day in positive territory as an advance by the shares of energy companies like Exxon Mobil and big banks such as Bear Stearns Cos Inc tempered doubts about the sustainability of Tuesday's sharp gains. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... Our market's been quite weak over the last week or so, so we're just seeing the market pick up a bit of lost ground." The banks were higher, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia up 63 cents to $61.01, National Australia Bank gained 53 cents to $44.41 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... technology shares, optimism over Wal-Mart Stores Inc's solid profit and an easing of concerns about credit losses at major banks. A sharp slide in crude oil prices below $91 a barrel also underpinned the market, easing worries about higher energy costs ...