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ASX CLOSE: Market closes session flat
10 Mar, 6:43pm
The ASX 200 closed the session flat at 4820 having traded as high as 4837.6 and as low as 4804. Defensive sectors came into play today as investors appeared to rotate out of the cyclical names that have pushed the market higher in recent weeks... More »
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Australian consumer sentiment keeps edging up
10 Mar, 3:40pm
Australian consumer sentiment has so far coped with increases in the central bank’s cash rate, though the point isn’t far away where confidence becomes much more sensitive to bank interest rate increases, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Ins... More »
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Wakefield Health in trading halt
10 Mar, 12:50pm
Trading in shares of Wakefield Health on the New Zealand stock exchange has been halted this morning, "pending a material announcement"... More »
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Satara earnings drop 24%
10 Mar, 12:40pm
Satara Cooperative Group posted a 24% decline in full-year earnings, as a poorer harvest reduced fruit volumes, prompting a focus on increased efficiencies, including new automatic fruit packers... More »
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Dollar edges up before trade data and MPS
10 Mar, 10:20am
New Zealand’s dollar edged up against most currencies as the euro weakened and traders await local and Chinese trade data and the central bank’s release of its review of interest rates tomorrow... More »
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Wholesale funding guarantee no longer needed: English
10 Mar, 9:50am
Trading banks will no longer have access to government-guaranteed wholesale funding after the scheme - a response to the 2008 global financial crisis - closes on April 30, Finance Minister Bill English announced today... More »
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Stocks to watch: Allied, Fletcher, HED
10 Mar, 9:40am
Allied Farmers' recent writedown of Hanover/United investments may significantly dent what value Allied can draw from its newly acquired assets, while Fletcher Building says its outlook is dependent on the improvement in housing construction being sustain... More »
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NZ consumer spending on debit, credit cards falls 0.4%
9 Mar, 12:10pm
New Zealanders spent less on debit and credit cards in February, the first decline in eight months, which may stoke speculation the central bank will be inclined to hold off on raising interest rates until the second half of the year... More »
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