Thursday’s Gainers & Losers
By the end of the session on Thursday on the S&P/ASX200 shed 24 points or -0.44% on volume of $3.3 billion, closing at 5631.3.
Read MoreBy the end of the session on Thursday on the S&P/ASX200 shed 24 points or -0.44% on volume of $3.3 billion, closing at 5631.3.
Read MoreBiggest gains on the ASX200 today: LYC up 12.9%, MSB up 4%, BKN up 4%, AOG up 3.1%, TEN up 3%.
Read MoreA bad night for commodities on world markets, thanks to stronger economic news from the US which drove the value of the US dollar higher.
Read MoreNo excitement yesterday from the Reserve Bank’s monthly board meeting – interest rates were left on hold for another month, with no sign of a change in stance from the central bank.
Read MorePartners in the $US1 billion Frieda River copper/gold mining prospect in Papua New Guinea yesterday issued an upbeat assessment of the possible development of the huge resource.
Read MoreAhead of today’s release of June quarter economic growth figures, we had confirmation yesterday that the economy slowed sharply in the three months to June, with a big turnaround in the country’s trade performance hitting hard.
Read MoreBiggest gains on the ASX200 today: LYC up 9.7%, TEN up 6%, BKN up 5.3%, DLS up 4.2%, MSB up 3.6%.
Read MoreBy the end of the session on Wednesday the benchmark S&P/ASX200 lost 2.4 points or -0.04% on volume of $3.6 billion to close at 5656.1.
Read MoreNote: This article was originally published on Oliver’s Insights on 3 September 2014 and has been republished with permission from the original author.
Read MoreAuction markets nationally positioned well leading into Spring
Read MoreBiggest gains on the ASX200 today: MSB up 3.8%, ORG up 2.4%, QUB up 2.3%, RRL up 2.2%, NEC up 1.9%.
Read MoreYesterday saw the dregs of the 2013-14 June 30 full and half year reporting season released on the ASX.
Read MoreCertainly while the two Chinese reports showed manufacturing slowing, they still indicated modest expansion continued in the country’s economy last month.
Read MoreIn a big warning for retailers large and small about losing your way and not responding to market threats until too late, Tesco, the UK’s biggest chain store, has been forced to slash interim dividend 75% as it faces up to a 900 million pound ($A1.6 billion) fall in trading profits in 2015.
Read MoreThe Reserve Bank board meets today and won’t change interest rates, even though some urgers in the markets are starting to call for a rate cut!
Read MoreBy the end of the session on Tuesday the local bourse gained 28.7 points or +0.51% on volume of $3 billion to close at 5658.5.
Read MoreThe All Ords +0.49% at close & ends at intraday high. Utilities only losers. Miners +0.37%, energy +1.65%, financials +0.29%.
Read MoreLast week ended up like the month of August for most markets – a bit of weakness, some grudging gains, and a bit of a flourish towards the end that left most investors better off overall.
Read MoreThe June 30 profit reporting season is now over and while weaker quality result appeared in the final week last week (Qantas and Virgin Australia), overall it was solid.
Read MoreDespite a bad start to the month, global shares had a strong August rising 2%. In Australia though, the ASX200 fell 0.1% to 5625.9.
Read MoreAnd the future of struggling Sydney based fashionwear retailer, retailer Noni B (NBL) might become clearer shortly.
Read MoreThe contrast with the attitude from Gerry Harvey at Harvey Norman (HVN) to the Woolies attitude was quite telling.
Read MoreFriday saw a trio of retailers release their 2013-14 results – one stood out, Harvey Norman (HVN), one was an expected loss – Noni B (NBL) and one, a big profit from Woolworths (WOW), failed to enthuse investors.
Read MoreInterest rates and economic growth figures, plus retail sales, building approvals and trade, and car sales – it’s a packed to the brim start to a new month and week for Australian markets and investors.
Read MoreBy the end of the session on the Monday, the ASX200 index was 3.9 points, or 0.07 per cent, higher at 5,629.8, while the All Ordinaries index was up 4.7 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 5,629.3.
Read MoreThe All Ords +0.08% to 5629.3. Consumer staples & IT in red, all others higher.
Read MoreAll Ords +0.36% to 5647 – only 25pts (~0.5%) away from re-visiting 6-year highs.
Read MoreBiggest gains on the ASX200 today: TSE up 17.4%, PDN up 6.2%, HVN up 5.5%, QAN up 4.9%, EVN up 3.7%
Read MoreContrary to expectations that private investment in the June quarter would be weak, especially after the surprise 1.1% fall in the value of construction work done in the quarter, the investment data yesterday from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed a surprise rise.
Read MoreShareholders including the country’s biggest charitable foundation, will be very happy with the annual result and higher dividend announced yesterday by Ramsay Health Care (RHC), the country’s largest private hospital operator and a growing international operator.
Read MoreIgnore the headline loss for Qantas (QAN) of $2.85 billion – most of that was house cleaning by management taking an axe to the value of much of the airline’s ageing fleet of planes, such as 747s.
Read MoreSouth Australian based cement and concrete maker Adelaide Brighton (ABC) has maintained its interim dividend at 7.5c a share fully franked for the six months to June after reporting a very mixed set of figures.
Read MoreBiggest gains on the ASX200 today: TSE up 24.1%, HVN up 7.9%, PPT up 6.7%, QAN up 6.1%, PDN up 4.9%.
Read MoreThe local market was largely unchanged on Friday with S&P/ASX200 gaining 1.5 points or 0.00% on volume of $6.2 billion, closing at 5625.9.
Read MoreIt is not unusual to come across the phrases ‘steepening yield curve’ and ‘flattening yield curve’ in commentaries discussing interest rate securities. Both phrases refer to the change in shape of the yield curve across different maturities. Interest rate securities come with different maturities and yields generally increase incrementally as maturities extend further into the future. Plotting these yields against each other produces a yield curve such as can be seen below.
Read MoreBiggest gains on the ASX200 today: QAN up 5.4%, WHC up 3.2%, VED up 2.3%, REC up 2.1%, BDR up 2%.
Read MoreFlight Centre (FLT) shares dipped 0.8% yesterday, to end at $4.702 after the company met guidance for another record profit, and revealed plans to buy a travel company based in the UK and which was started by group founder Graham Turner.
Read MoreJudging by the early market reaction, there was a sense of euphoria about 2013-14 results from WorleyParsons (WOR) yesterday from investors. The final dividend was lifted and management was upbeat in the post release briefing.
Read MoreBoral (BLD) returned to reporting positive news in its 2013-14 results yesterday, building on the early signs of improvement which first emerged in the interim figures earlier this year.
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