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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
In Sydney today, Australian stocks are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share ...

Market Wrap

... Australian share market closed only a few points above its lows for the day, amid uncertainty about the performance of the US market. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 15.1 points at 3419.3, while the all ordinaries was also 15.1 points lower ...

Westpac completes $US525 million tier one securities offer

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... 90 investors participating in the transaction. The offer marks the bank's third hybrid capital security issue in the US market. Westpac said the offering was priced with a re-offer of 140 basis points over the 10-year US Treasuries benchmark and provides ...

Free trade deal goes public, but attacked over PBS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... gain up to $1 million. He said the overall package was a huge bonus to Australian firms looking to crack the lucrative US market.

US and Australia sign free trade agreement

The United States and Australia have signed a trade agreement that officials say will eliminate duties from more than 99 per cent of American manufacturing exports to Australia. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick described the deal, which requires ...

Midday Market Wrap: AMP dominates local trade in lethargic market

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
The Australian share market at noon remained in positive territory after a slightly stronger US market overnight, with local trading dominated by the newly demerged AMP Ltd. AMP was trading at $4.79 as it began its life free of its ailing British businesses. ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar, bonds weaker at noon

... today on expectations that the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by United States forces would boost the US market. The local bourse was among the first markets in the world to trade since Hussein's capture made the news late last night. ...

Midday market wrap: shares edge higher

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... Joseph Pagliaro said growing confidence in the economic outlook offset the impact of falls on Wall St on Friday. The US market responded badly to a surprisingly soft US jobs growth and a disappointing outlook from Intel Corp curbed optimism over the ...

Midday Market Wrap: Banking sector boosts market

... moving forward a bit. "So all the banks are up today, particularly the National Australia Bank." Mr Bligh said a stronger US market overnight would also help push the local bourse higher today. "The US has picked up again last night, approaching 10,000 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Domestic market fades to black

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
The Australian share market ended the day in the black as resources propped up a lacklustre market. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.6 points stronger to 3186.4 while the all ordinaries index lifted 1.4 points to 3195.7. On the Sydney Futures ...