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Bank stocks push share market higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... chief market analyst Michael McCarthy said. "It looks like they'll be the leaders in the market again today." He tipped Woolworths shares to rise on Wednesday, after the supermarket giant announced that chief executive Grant O'Brien will step down after ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... marketplace. Some insurers (such as MetLife and Swiss Re) are entering into partnerships with supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths respectively) to offer policies to these companies' massive customer-bases, adding in incentives like product discounts for ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... after overnight rises in the oil price, with Woodside up 66 cents at $36.26, and Santos nine cents higher at $8.09. Woolworths was up two cents at $27.13 after it announced plans to invest more than $650 million in new stores and infrastructure and add ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... $29.03, Rio Tinto dipped two cents to $57.29, and iron ore pure play Fortescue Metals nudged up one cent to $2.37. Woolworths descended eight cents to $27.86 as the retail giant signed up Telstra to help it offer mobile services direct to its customers. ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... be a rate hike or two. "As a consequence we are seeing support for the yield stocks today with the banks, Telstra, Woolworths and Wesfarmers all higher." Among the banks, Commonwealth Bank climbed 87 cents to $83.98, ANZ gained 39 cents to $32.44, Westpac ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... being cautious around high yield stocks including the big four banks, Telstra and supermarket owners Wesfarmers and Woolworths, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "The big yield stocks on the market are trading lower today," she said. "We have ...

Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... recent media briefing the group had ventured in to the hospitality sector through the purchase of ALH Hotels which has Woolworths as a major lessee. The joint hotel deal with HOSTPLUS was reported at $603 million with initial lease terms of 20 years ...

XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... (8.25% - 25 NOV 2020) Telstra (7.75% - 15 JUL 2020) Wesfarmers (6.25% - 28 MAR 2019) Wesfarmers (4.75% - 12 MAR 2020) Woolworths (6.00% - 21 MAR 2019)

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief executive Grant Forster's first job at a Woolworths supermarket was hard work. He remembers long eight-hour shifts packing fridges, stacking shelves and assisting customers. "It taught me it was an area I didn't ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... announce today its major capital raising and the backwash from the bank profit reports, particularly the CBA's, and Woolworths weak sales results are the biggest drivers." Concerns about a lack of growth in the Australian economy and the negative effect ...