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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed performance on European markets with Wall Street closed for the Presidents' Day public holiday. At 0803 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 28 points at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened stronger due to record Chinese credit growth, a strong lead from Wall Street and better-than-expected domestic earnings season. CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said the weekend announcement of record credit ...

Bendigo Bank lifts cash profit

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has lifted its first half cash profit almost 10 % after lower funding costs helped improve its margins. The bank made a cash profit of $185.9 million for the six months, up from $169.7 million a year ago. But net profit fell ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street markets as investors shrugged off a report showing poor industrial output in January as mainly weather-related. At 0747 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened half a per cent higher after Wall Street shrugged off disappointing retail sales figures. US stocks ended higher despite data showing the country's retail sales unexpectedly fell 0.4 per cent in January, the second ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street which rallied after several companies reported higher earnings. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 40 points at 5,303. Time Warner ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly higher after Telstra lifted its first half profit by almost 10%. Telstra on Thursday morning announced a profit of $1.7 billion for the six months to December 31, up from $1.56 billion a year ago. "Clearly ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets after new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's promise that monetary policy would continue and strong Chinese trade data. At 0850 AEDT on Thursday, the March share ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has risen on the back of the Commonwealth Banks' strong half year profit. A strong lead from Wall Street combined with outstanding earnings reports, first from ANZ and now the CBA, has lifted the market, IG Markets dealer ...

ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... growth and you keep the rate of cost growth below the rate of revenue growth you're going to have higher profits," he told AAP. "It might be boring, they are not doing anything amazing... they are masters, that's their specialty." Smith said ANZ held ...