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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
... stronger at 3447.2. Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases April trade balance data and March quarter company profits data. Novus Petroleum has its annual general meeting today while St George Bank has a shareholder meeting in Melbourne.

Reporting season shows company profits growing

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Listed companies defied the rising Australian dollar to report generally stronger profits for the first half of 2003-2004 with further growth expected for the rest of the financial year. However analysts say the next challenge could be from rising interest ...

NAB predicts a 25bps increase in interest rates by the RBA

... expected 2.3% build up in stocks, which will contribute 0.2% to the third quarter GDP. The report also said that company profits were also much stronger than expected, rising 7.6% in the quarter. As a percentage of GDP, the deficit improves to 6.1% in ...

Current account deficit improves in September quarter after some exports recover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... September quarter measure of GDP. Net foreign debt rose by $1.9 billion to $360.69 billion. Separate figures showed company profits steamed ahead in the September quarter, with gross operating profits up 7.6 per cent, making up for the previous quarter's ...

Weaker property market and low inflation may guide RBA decision in December

... weakness in exports and strong imports and said that net income deficit was a wild card. Mr Koukoulas has predicted company profits to rise by a robust 3% in December, building approvals to dip by 5%, GDP may bounce back in the third quarter with annual ...

Company taxes feed $7.5 billion budget surplus: Costello

... the forecast. "This was predominantly due to higher than expected receipts from companies, indicating stronger company profits than expected at budget," he said. The government also reaped an extra $1.0 billion in taxes from individuals. On the spending ...

ABS releases latest business indicators data

... June quarter and 5.6% for the year. Inventories across Australia rose 1.3% for the quarter and 1.5% for the year. Company profits before income tax Australia-wide, decreased 11.4% for the quarter but rose by a robust 23.1% for the year to June. Company ...

Company profits before income tax rises 20.7% in the March quarter

Company profits before income tax increased 20.7 per cent from the December 2002 quarter to the March quarter while the figure rose 44% over the past twelve months. In the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released today, the income ...