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Morning Market Wrap:End of winning streak; dollar sets fresh high

The Australian share market is likely to lose ground today, ending a winning streak that began at the start of October, after falls in international markets overnight. But shares in producers of base metals - nickel in particular - are once again likely ...

AMP shares up on hopes of reinsurance sale

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... were eight cents or 1.21 per cent higher at $6.70 by 1057 AEST. Analysts said if speculation that Swiss Re was a potential buyer of AMP's reinsurance book it would lessen the amount of capital that the troubled financial services giant would have to ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

Encouraging news from the US over the weekend helped the Australian share market close in positive territory today, led by the resource sector and News Corp. The gains came on relatively flat trading attributable to public holidays in NSW, South Australia ...

Australian insurer AMP prefers UK demerger

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... attached to their with-profits products which may make a sell-off difficult. "There is a lot of uncertainty that any potential buyer would have to take into account and which may clash with AMP's view of the situation." S&P has a triple B rating with ...

Productivity Commission in housing affordability paper for first home buyers

The Productivity Commission has today announced that it had released an issues paper for its inquiry into housing affordability for first home buyers. "The Commission will be taking a close look at how housing markets operate and the reasons for the ...

Median forecast for housing finance by volume predicts flat outcome

The number of home loan approvals has remained steady at record levels in July while the median forecast for Australian housing finance by volume is for a flat outcome but predictions range from a 3.5 per cent rise to a 2% fall. Commonwealth Bank's ...

Midday market wrap: Japanese stocks rise up towards 14-month highs

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2003
Japanese stocks erased opening losses to end the morning session near 14-month highs on Tuesday after UFJ Holdings and other banks extended recent gains, helped by growing optimism over Japan's economy. Buyers also sought core high-tech issues such ...

AMP refuses to name UK business buyers

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2003
AMP Ltd today remained tightlipped about whether it had lined up three potential buyers for its troubled British life insurance businesses. Earlier today it was reported that South African insurer and funds manager Old Mutual, American buyout specialist ...

AMP shares to open higher on suspected takeover bid

... Australian brokers had been instructed to purchase 174 million shares, or 15% of the group, at $5.60. The identity of the buyer has yet to be revealed, but is strongly believed to be the National Australia Bank. In early New Zealand trade the price of ...

NAB declares interest in AMP

... preceding the NAB's announcement, Andrew Mohl, AMP's chief executive officer, said he was unaware of the identity of the large buyer. Mr Mohl has steadfastly maintained the demerger is the preferred means of restructuring the troubled group and returning ...