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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... third-quarter net income rose eight per cent to $US1.02 billion ($A1.10 billion) as company cost-cutting measures and restructuring offset sluggish economic conditions. Earnings of $US1.63 per share blew by the consensus estimate of $US1.36. 3M's profits ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as data showing China's economy growing at its slowest pace in five years offset another positive lead from Wall Street. Tokyo slipped 2.03 per cent, or 306.95 points, to 14,804.28 a day after clocking up ...

NAB takes a $1bn hit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank has flagged a slide in its full year earnings of up to 14% after taking a more than $1 billion hit to its books. Today the bank unveiled a string of writedowns and provisions, chiefly linked to misconduct by its troubled UK business. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... lunch in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Tuesday ended an eventful day slightly lower, with gains by the big miners offset by falls from the banks, retailers and health care companies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 8.7 points, or 0.16 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is flat with gains among the major miners offset by the major banks. Better commodity prices and excitement about a possible merger between Rio Tinto and Glencore Xstrata had bolstered resource stocks, IG Markets market strategist ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... euro fell to $1.2789 from $1.2850 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as bargain-buying was offset by the effects of a sell-off in New York and Europe in response to fresh data indicating weakness in the eurozone. Japan's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... $33.19. Telstra gained one cent to $5.43. Brickworks dipped five cents to $13.45 as it warned low profit margins would offset some of the impact of what it expects to be the best market for building products in more than a decade. Foodmaker Goodman Fielder ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... euro fell to $1.2789 from $1.2850 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as bargain-buying was offset by the effects of a sell-off in New York and Europe in response to fresh data indicating weakness in the eurozone. Japan's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... On Thursday, the Australian sharemarket ended a run of six straight losses as gains in the energy and financial sectors offset weakness among miners. At the close on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 8.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 5,415.8 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said. A rise in commodity prices overnight has also bolstered mining stocks which have offset some losses among the major banks on Wednesday, he added. "The stimulus is expected to help the five big banks in China ...