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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has taken a substantial shareholding in ERoad, two months after the logistics and fleet management company floated on the NZX. Australia's largest bank holds a 5...
Inflation in China fell to 1.6 per cent in September, below analysts' forecasts and the lowest in the world's second-largest economy for almost five years. The consumer price index (CPI) figures re..
The Australian share market is higher at noon as bargain hunters step in amid stronger iron ore prices and a solid production report from Rio Tinto. CMC Markets analyst Ric Spooner said the Austral..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday, Oct 15: CTX - CALTEX - up 18 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at $28.24 Caltex Australia's 58-year-old Sydney oil refinery at Kurnell is now..
US stocks have finished mixed following a round of mostly solid corporate earnings as the market shifted from a three-day slump. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday dipped 5.88 points (0.04..
The Australian share market has rebounded as a surge in iron ore prices boosted the miners and bargain hunters piled into other sectors. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the local bour..
The $700 million foreign takeover of Wotif.com has been delayed by a New Zealand regulator. Wotif's shareholders last week approved the company's takeover by global travel booking giant Expedia, an..
Caltex Australia's 58-year-old Sydney oil refinery at Kurnell is now officially closed with the last of its operations shut down. The site is now being run by Caltex as a fuel import terminal. T..
Local shares are rebounding as a surge in iron ore prices boosts the big miners. Higher commodity prices were also boosting other sectors, and are likely to help break the share market's recent los..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Monday: JHX - JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES - down 16 cents, or 1.4 per cent, at $11.28 James Hardie has been dragged back into the New Zea..
US stocks have finished sharply lower again as worries about global growth weighed on the market a day ahead of major company earnings releases. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday tumbled 2..
The share market has suffered its fifth fall in just six sessions, despite surprisingly positive data out of China. Large sell-offs on US and European markets on Friday, due to global growth concer..
Foreign ownership of Qantas is close to its government-imposed limit, with nearly 48 per cent of the airline now held by overseas investors. Qantas has announced that 47.8 per cent of its shares ar..
Australia has the second best retirement savings system in the world, according to a survey of global pensions. The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index found Australia's ability to fund the lifes..
China's trade surplus more than doubled to $US31.0 billion ($A33.54 billion) in September, official data shows, with exports jumping and imports increasing more slowly. Exports from the world's sec..
The Australian share market is lower despite a recovery in energy and materials stocks. The weakness comes after the local share market on Friday posted its biggest decline in 15 months. Austral..
A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US stocks have fallen sharply, with the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index sinking more than two per cent following a gloomy outlook from a lea..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday, Oct 13: BIT - BIOTRON - up five cents, or 50 per cent, at 15 cents Australian drug developer Biotron may have found a potential cure f..
US stocks have fallen sharply, with the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index sinking more than two per cent following a gloomy outlook from a leading semiconductor company. At the closing bell on Frida..
US stocks have opened lower as the negative sentiment from Thursday's rout carried over amid fears of a global economic slowdown. Five minutes into trade on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average..
Around $34 billion has been wiped from the share market in its largest daily fall in 15 months because of renewed concerns about global economic growth. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell two per cent,..
The Australian share market has closed two per cent lower, its biggest one-day fall in more than a year. At the close on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 108.4 points, or 2.05 per cen..
The proportion of housing loans snapped up by investors hit a new high in August, highlighting the difficult task faced by the Reserve Bank. The value of investor housing loans approved by banks an..
The share market is in danger of suffering its largest fall in 15 months due to renewed concerns about global economic growth. The S&P/ASX 200 index was down 1.8 per cent around noon, which if ..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Friday, Oct 10: BOQ - BANK OF QUEENSLAND - up 32 cents, or 2.7 per cent, at $12.10 Bank of Queensland has posted a record profit, but expects ..
