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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... remains to be seen, it's good to see a bit of buying." BHP Billiton gained $1.50, or 4.84 per cent, to $32.50, while takeover target Rio Tinto added $5.09, or 6.02 per cent, to $89.59. In the financial sector, Commonwealth Bank picked up $1.67, or 3.92 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... all the major banks were weaker, with Westpac Banking Corporation down 4.1 per cent, or 95 cents, to $22.20, and its takeover target St George Bank falling 6.03 per cent, or $1.85, to $28.85. The nation's largest lender, Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... the market is going to have to continue to deal with." At 1218 AEST, BHP Billiton had lost 65 cents to $35.19, while takeover target Rio Tinto had dropped $3.37, or 3.34 per cent, to $97.63. The financial sector was weaker. Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... slightly. The big diversified miners were mixed at 1206 AEST, with BHP Billiton down four cents to $36.36, while its takeover target Rio Tinto was up 62 cents to $102.48.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... ANZ was up 27 cents, or 1.45 per cent, to $18.91. Westpac was down eleven cents, or 0.45 per cent, to $24.37, and its takeover target St George Bank was 22 cents lower, or 0.69 per cent, to $31.87. BHP Billiton had lost $1.46, or 3.86 per cent, to $36.41 ...

Market wrap - midday

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... were lower overnight. Mining giant BHP Billiton was down 57 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $37.33 at 1209 AEST, while its takeover target Rio Tinto had shed $2.90, or 2.68 per cent, to $105.34. BHP Billiton lost an appeal in the High Court of Australia today ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... which now isn't too far behind NAB in the capitalisation stakes - shed 75 cents, or 3.92 per cent, to $18.40. Westpac takeover target St George Bank shed 20 cents to $31.29, while Bank of Queensland was the worst laggard, losing 85 cents, or 5.72 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... $22.60, while ANZ rose $1.96, or 12.69 per cent, to $17.41. Westpac lifted $1.34, or 6.09 per cent, to $23.34 and its takeover target St George Bank rose $1.81, or 6.33 per cent, to $30.40. Insurers followed the trend, AMP Ltd adding 65 cents, or 10.3 ...

HBOS Australia gives Lloyds thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... providing real choice for Australian consumers and businesses," he said. An article from The Sheet yesterday noted the takeover of HBOS would give Lloyds about 29 per cent of the consumer banking market in Britain.

HBOS surrenders to Lloyds TSB

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... may be about to generate a first merger of prominent commercial banks, with Lloyds TSB close to finalising terms for a takeover of HBOS. Britain's government and Financial Services Authority are encouraging the merger, according to BBC, Financial Times ...