Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 8211 - 8220 of 10365 results for "Close"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... 4932.9, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 69.3 points, or 1.36 per cent, to 5022.4. It was the S&P/ASX 200's lowest close since 15 August 2006 when it finished at 4936. NEW YORK - Tumbling oil prices fuelled a rally on Wall Street, helping investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after US equities declined overnight as financial companies fell on concerns they may have to raise more capital. At 0723 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
The Australian share market was in negative territory at noon as property trusts were dragged sharply lower by GPT's profit downgrade and European equities fell on Friday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 85.1 points, or 1.67 per cent ...

Bell Financial buys Southern Cross Equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Bell Financial Group (BFG) is one step closer to becoming one of Australia's largest independent broking businesses after signing an agreement to buy Southern Cross Equities for approximately $150 million. The transaction consists of a 50 per cent split ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... the RBA deciding to keep interest rates on hold this month, latest indications suggest that rising costs - petrol is now close to A$1.70 a litre -- and share market wobbles - ASX 200 has fallen below 5000 points -- will continue to weigh on consumers' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after European equities and industrial metals fell on Friday. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell 17 points to 5,057. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... points on the day to end at 13,265.40. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's shares closed 2.1 per cent lower at a fifteen week low, losing close to over 800 points over two straight sessions as financial stocks and insurers plunged on fears of further credit tightening ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... tumbled 166.75 points, or 1.46 per cent, to 11,215.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 23.39 points, or 1.82 per cent, to close at 1,261.52, while the Nasdaq Composite Index slid 53.51 points, or 2.32 per cent, to 2,251.46. LONDON - UK stocks shed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... points lower at 5118 on a volume of 20,255 contracts. During the morning, the S&P/ASX200 index had reached a low of 5060.6, close to its 2008 trough of 5039.60 reached on March 17. Macquarie Equities adviser Helen Spencer said banking stocks had recovered ...

GESB mutual on hold

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
WA-based GESB's plans to attain full mutual status yesterday faced financial and legal roadblocks - prompting a delay of the transition until 1 November this year. According to Michele Dolin, chief executive of $8.8 billion GESB, all of the fund's systems ...