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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has risen with the major miners leading gains despite another fall in iron ore prices. The market has recovered from Thursday's losses with investors shrugging off a dip in iron ore prices overnight, CommSec market analyst ...

Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Australian property groups who recently made hospitality acquisitions may feel their choices are vindicated by a new report suggesting alcohol consumption has "rebounded" in the country. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief executive Grant Forster's first job at a Woolworths supermarket was hard work. He remembers long eight-hour shifts packing fridges, stacking shelves and assisting customers. "It taught me it was an area I didn't ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... year profit to $3.7 billion. National Australia Bank shed 44 cents to $35.73 while Westpac lost 58 cents to $34.70. Supermarket giant Woolworths lost 95 cents, or 3.2 per cent, to $28.68 after reporting that total food and liquor sales rose by just 2.3 ...

Investec acquires Sydney warehouse

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... million industrial warehouse in Glendenning, Sydney. The 16,461-square metre property is leased to McAlpine Hussman, a supermarket refrigerator display case manufacturer. The lease expires four and a half years from the settlement date. "The acquisition ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... All areas of the market opened higher, and Lucas said high yielding stocks such as the banks, Telstra, CSL and major supermarket operators were set to drive the market's strength. "We are now back within the idea of making 6,000 points in the next couple ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... Search lost three cents to $7.62. Woolworths also dragged the market lower after it began trading ex-dividend. The supermarket giant dropped 62 cents, or 2.1 per cent, lower to $28.72. McCarthy said global miner BHP Billiton was one of the few bright ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... maker Orica was up 81.5 cents at $20.635 as it announced a buyback of more than $400 million of its own shares. The supermarket giants were among the worst performers, with Woolworths down 99.5 cents at $29.715 and Coles owner Wesfarmers 25 cents weaker ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... market has opened weaker, dragged down by losses in the energy sector and a dismal Woolworths half yearly result. The supermarket giant downgraded its full year guidance following a 3.1% slide in first half profit. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The share market is lower as disappointing corporate earnings outweigh the positives of an extension of Greece's emergency funds. The market opened higher but fell into negative territory as financial results from companies including Coles owner Wesfarmers ...