Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 611 - 620 of 621 results for "Discretionary"

Macquarie CountryWide trust reports 22% rise in net income

... growth by national supermarket tenants in its properties. "In particular, CountryWide benefits directly from high non-discretionary spending in supermarkets and we are confident this niche investment strategy will continue to deliver income and capital ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares soften in afternoon trade

... major resource stocks, including BHP Billiton and Rio. Other sectors to strengthen over the day included consumer discretionary, health, information technology and telecommunications. Defensive sectors, including financials, property trusts and consumer ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares edge higher

... 3,000. But the rise was relatively modest compared with gains of over 1.0% in broader US indexes. Energy and consumer discretionary were two sectors to lead the local market higher, both recording advances in excess of 1.0%. In other markets the Australian ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

... to 50 points expected by some investors. Local declines were broad-based, led by a 1.7% decline in the consumer discretionary sector. The banks also were trading lower. The Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6680, up almost half a cent from last night's ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open higher

... led by the information technology and consumer staple sectors, both posting advances in excess of 0.5%. Consumer discretionary and telecommunications were among those sectors trading below yesterday's closing levels. At $US0.6735, the Australian dollar ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares end off highs

... locked into further interest rate cuts. Gains in the local market were paced by materials (up 1.0%) and consumer discretionary (up 1.5%). The banks also generally posted rises on the day. The Australian dollar continued to trade in a tight range, although ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

... was led lower by News Corporation, with shares in the media conglomerate 20 cents lower at $11.80, The consumer discretionary sector was the hardest hit, down 0.9% just before midday. Among the few sectors to strengthen in morning trade were energy (up ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares defy offshore markets, finishing slight

... 0.8%) and information technology (up 1.1%) sectors were again among the strongest performing sectors, while consumer discretionary (down 0.7%) and telecommunications (down 0.7%) ended the day lower. Poker machine manufacturer Aristocrat Leisure continued ...

Retail managed fund assets down 1.6% in March quarter

... management of $4.6 billion. In each of the three major tax structures (retail superannuation, retirement income and discretionary investment) the growth of the masterfund component exceeded the equivalent retail product component by between 4% and 8% ...

Centro announces strong retail sales for February

... performance was driven by the sales of discounted department stores and supermarkets that comprise a relative high non-discretionary spending component. The most noticeable improvements were with Target and Woolworths Safeway. The best five performing ...