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Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... elevated levels with a reading of plus 9 in September, unchanged from August. Consumer confidence has also recovered. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose by 4.2% to 97.8 in October from 93.9 in September. While still below ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... remind you about the gyrations in ore prices. Instead we, Australians all, should be happy because we're happi-er. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index jumped by 6.4% in May to 102.4 points - the first time since February that optimists ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Philip Lowe participates in a panel discussion at The Future of International Governance and the G20 conference, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey is due out. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished lower for a second ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Germany. Locally, mining giant BHP Billiton releases its December quarter production report and in economic news, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In Australia, the market on Tuesday finished flat as weaker oil ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... and Fortescue Metals was five cents higher at $3.40. As for the banks, Commonwealth Bank was down nine cents at $80.10, Westpac dropped seven cents to $34.82, ANZ shed 25 cents to $33.16 and National Australia Bank was minus four cents at $34.56. But ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... consumers' mood (referring, me assume, to the drop in the consumer sentiment index to a three year low in May). But as Westpac chief economist Bill Evan's noted following the release of the consumer sentiment index, "The initial response to a budget ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... December - or the 22,600 heads taken out of the employment roster in the same month. This isn't consistent with the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey that showed consumer sentiment fell for a second straight month to 103.3 - the lowest since ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... Bank added five cents to $33.90, but ANZ lost six cents to $30.34, as Commonwealth Bank gained six cents to $74.20 and Westpac lost three cents to $32.45. Macquarie Group gained 67 cents to $49.22. Sigma Pharmaceuticals added $1.25, or 1.97 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... a positive for resources stocks," he said. The banks also posted gains, with Commonwealth Bank up 20 cents to $72.59, Westpac 13 cents higher at $29.62, NAB lifting seven cents to $30.56 and ANZ edging up 4.5 cent at $28.96.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the merchandise import figures for June, while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also due out. In equities news, BHP Billiton, Gindalbie Metals ...