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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... down 10 points anyway just waiting." The RBA cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having risen 13 cents to $34.22 and Rio ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... encouraging and disappointing news on the economy was reported. An unexpected decline in consumer spending in April was offset by news that a measure of US consumer confidence jumped to the highest level in almost six years in May. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, with gains by big miners offset by weakness in the financial sector. The market opened about 0.3 per cent firmer as investors took their cues from a positive lead from Wall Street, but shares drifted back ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... superannuation changes announced on 5 April 2013 have been confirmed, the Medicare levy will increase by 0.5% from next year to offset the cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), some future tax cuts have been scrapped along with some other ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened flat as gains for defensive stock offset losses for Westpac and Macquarie banks. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said Westpac and Macquarie were dragging down the market as both went ex-dividend. "It's a bit of a weak ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened flat as gains for defensive stock offset losses for Westpac and Macquarie banks. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said Westpac and Macquarie were dragging down the market as both went ex-dividend. "It's a bit of a weak ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... US$1.004. Hip, hip. Now we'll have the currency working for the good of the Australian economy. It would, at the very least, offset the growth limiting impact of the increased taxation and spending restraint/cuts that Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne ...

BT Financial boosts Westpac result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... the same period last year but were 2% lower than 2H12, with stronger funds management and funds administration earnings offset by seasonally higher insurance claims. Westpac reported total cash earnings of $3.53 billion and announced a fully franked ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... KONG - Tokyo stocks closed 0.44 per cent per cent lower as the yen's strength and gloomy economic data from the eurozone offset positive sentiment after the S&P 500 closed at another record high. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... demographic change and entrenched interests, continues unabated. Interest rates will need to remain structurally low to offset fiscal drag, keep interest rate payments from ballooning and support growth," he said. "Until the countries backing the world's ...