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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.4 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,441.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 39.5 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 4,462.7 points. On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was 29 points ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Obama remains president. The Democrats control the Senate and the GOP dominates Congress. Yet Wall Street seems to have fallen off a cliff this week. I vowed not to use corny allegories (or is it a metaphor?) like these, but it cannot be helped for there's ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... S&P/ASX200 index was down 55.9 points, or 1.24 per cent, at 4,460.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 55 points, or 1.21 per cent, to 4,479.2 points. On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was 42 points ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... Representatives, the task is likely to be met with political wrangling as happened with the debt ceiling debacle in 2011. Markets have fallen 2% following the election result as investors grew anxious of a deadlock scenario, yet Cormac Weldon, manager ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,471.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 3.2 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,490.4 points. On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... multi-brand strategy seems to be paying off with each division contributing to earnings growth. Stressed assets have also fallen to 2.17% of the bank's book from 2.26%, cash earnings are up 14% on the year before, lending is up 4% and efficiency savings ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... analysts is positive," Mr Smith said. The other big retail banks were lower. While ANZ was down 21 cents at $24.94 and CBA had fallen nine cents to $57.28, NAB was down six cents at $24.81. Wall Street finished weaker, after initial enthusiasm from a ...

Westpac warns tough year ahead

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Westpac's full-year statutory net profit has fallen 15% to $5.97 billion owing to a one-off tax benefit last year. The tax gain is related to the bank's takeover of St George, which pushed last year's profit artificially higher and made this year's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... NAB - NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK - down five cents, or 0.19 per cent, at $25.83 National Australia Bank (NAB) shares have fallen after it posted a 22 per cent drop in full-year profit, its first decline since the global financial crisis. ORG - ORIGIN ENERGY ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... of Australia (RBA) the financial aggregates for September. In equities news, National Australia Bank (NAB) shares have fallen after it posted a 22 per cent drop in full-year profit, its first decline since the global financial crisis (GFC). NAB shares ...