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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... due out as is the ANZ job advertisements series for the same month. No major equities news is expected. However, former Westpac Home Finance manager David St Pierre faces court over a $2.5 million fraud. In Australia, the market on Friday fell one per ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Reserve policy announcement that is expected to shed light on the timing of interest rate hikes. Locally on Wednesday, Westpac-Melbourne Institute releases its leading indexes of economic activity report. In equities news, Furniture retailer Adairs will ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... little-changed as a the General Electric asset sale offset worries about spiking US Treasury bond yields. Locally on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment and the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey are ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Locally on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done for the March quarter and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity are due out. In Sydney, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... remind you about the gyrations in ore prices. Instead we, Australians all, should be happy because we're happi-er. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index jumped by 6.4% in May to 102.4 points - the first time since February that optimists ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Philip Lowe participates in a panel discussion at The Future of International Governance and the G20 conference, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey is due out. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished lower for a second ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,843. In local economic news, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is expected on Wednesday. In equities news, IAG, Seven West Media ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Germany. Locally, mining giant BHP Billiton releases its December quarter production report and in economic news, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In Australia, the market on Tuesday finished flat as weaker oil ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... bonds. "Hopefully, Greece can be quarantined a bit." The big four banks were a key drag on the market, and at 1200 AEDT Westpac was down 55 cents at $32.51, ANZ had dumped 44 cents to $31.44, Commonwealth Bank was down 29 cents at $81.73 and National ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October housing finance data, while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In equities news, Godfreys Group is scheduled to list on the ASX. ...