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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... Commonwealth Bank added 62 cents, or 1.54 per cent, to $40.92. Westpac was up 66 cents, or 3.25 per cent, to $20.94 while its takeover target St George Bank was 50 cents higher, or 1.81 per cent, at $28.20. The big diversified miners were stronger. At ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... Commonwealth Bank dropped 72 cents, or 1.8 per cent, to $39.30. Westpac was 29 cents lower, or 1.45 per cent, to $19.70 and its takeover target St George Bank shed 44 cents, or 1.67 per cent, to $25.95. Overnight, Wall Street ended a highly volatile ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... Commonwealth Bank shed $1.09, or 2.67 per cent, to $39.75. Westpac slipped 38 cents lower, or 1.84 per cent, to $20.28 while its takeover target St George Bank fell 38 cents, or 1.42 per cent, to $26.33. Ms Saly said the energy sector was down about ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... down 59 cents at $24.91, and Commonwealth Bank was off 42 cents to $40.98. Westpac was down five cents to $21.43 but its takeover target St George Bank was up 30 cents to $28.30. In the big miners, BHP Billiton was down 26 cents to $24.44, while rival ...

Swan clears St George takeover

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Westpac yesterday received the formal approval of Wayne Swan, Australia's Treasurer, for its planned takeover of St George Bank. The approval comes with some limp conditions that conform to Westpac's stated plans for the bank, including maintaining ...

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Where's a poor investor going to look? On the right, there are hopeful signs that liquidity is starting to trickle. On the left, the number of countries falling into an economic recession is increasing. Over the past few days, equity market rallies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Banking Group rose 46 cents, or 2.59 per cent, to $18.19. Westpac increased 15 cents, or 0.65 per cent, to $23.10 and its takeover target St George Bank lifted 21 cents, or 0.71 per cent, to $29.96. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... Banking Group slipped seven cents, or 0.4 per cent, to 17.26. Westpac rose six cents, or 0.27 per cent, to $22.06 and its takeover target St George Bank lifted 18 cents, or 0.62 per cent, to $29.02. In the US, the Dow Jones industrial average closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... Group decreased 76 cents, or 4.18 per cent, to $17.44. Westpac dropped 61 cents, or 2.69 per cent, to $22.09 but its takeover target St George Bank lost $1.04, or 3.48 per cent, to $28.81. Despair over the economy sent Wall Street plunging again overnight ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... 2.22 per cent, to $43.56 and ANZ Banking Group increased ten cents to $18.35. Westpac rose four cents to $22.78 but its takeover target St George Bank added 32 cents, or 1.09 per cent, to $29.75. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was 95 cents, or 3.06 ...