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Lend Lease eyes GPT for merger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
... believed to be considering a merger with its listed General Property Trust to form a group worth about $11 billion. The Sydney Morning Herald reported property analysts as saying Lend Lease was now under increasing pressure to follow the lead set last ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
... 73.31 US cents. The local currency is trading at 41.24 British pence, 1.1666 New Zealand dollars, and 61.81 euro cents. In Sydney on Friday, the all ordinaries finished the day 20.0 points higher at 3461.9, just missing the record set on April 7 of 3462.9 ...

Market Wrap

In Sydney today, Australian stocks are likely to climb a little this morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan overnight soothed US market fears of an imminent rate rise and offered an optimistic economic outlook. Negative sentiment from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
In Sydney today, Australian stocks are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share ...

Market Wrap

... index was 2.0 points lower at 3417.3 on Friday and the all ordinaries was down 1.4 points to 3424.3. By 0713 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange today, the June share price index contract, a key indicator of trading for the day ahead, was seven points ...

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In Sydney today, Australian stocks could gain ground after blue chips on Wall St posted modest gains overnight. However, continued weakness in the price of oil and precious metals could lead to further pressure on resources stocks, which have fallen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2004
In Sydney today, the Australian share market is likely to fall sharply, after Wall St tumbled on concerns a robust retail report could prompt the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates sooner than expected. Commodities prices, including base metals ...

Market Wrap

... 5.760 at the close of Thursday's trading, and the yield on the November 2006 bond was at 5.365 per cent from 5.305. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June 2004 10-year bond futures contract was at 94.135 from 94.220 and the three-year contract was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... stocks will likely lose ground at the open following falls on major international markets overnight. By 0652 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange today, the June share price index contract, a key indicator of the day's trading ahead, was four points lower ...

ABN Amro buys 50% stake in Absolute Capital

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
ABN Amro has acquired a 50% in Absolute Capital Group, a Sydney-based fund manager, the bank said in a statement yesterday. The Netherlands-based bank said it is keen to support the development of the structured credit products market and has entered ...