15 Feb 2021 - The Australian sharemarket is poised to open higher, on the back of strong Wall Street gains. The British economy suffered the biggest decline since the Great Frost in 1709. Chinese markets are closed for the Lunar New Year holidays.
12 Feb 2021 - Despite a positive start to the week on Monday, the Australian share market lost ground throughout the week and ended on a negative note. The ASX200 sunk this afternoon after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that the state of Victoria would be entering a snap 5 day lockdown, effective from midnight tonight. Major grocery chains Coles (ASX:COL) and Woolworths (ASX:WOW) are re-introducing buying limits in the state as panic buying returns.
12 Feb 2021 - The Australian share market opened flat following mixed leads from Wall Street and is tracking 0.3 per cent lower at noon. Most of the sectors are down this morning with Energy suffering the worst losses. Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia (ASX:GMA) has scrapped its dividend after recording a $174.1 million loss for the 2020 financial year. The company made a statutory net loss after tax of $107.6 million.
12 Feb 2021 - Spark Infrastructure’s (ASX:SKI) TransGrid Services has secured $600 million via new five-year syndicated bank debt facilities.
12 Feb 2021 - Baby Bunting Group (ASX:BBN) saw statutory net profit after tax rise 54.7 per cent to $7.5 million for the half year ended 27 December 2020.
12 Feb 2021 - Bailador Technology Investments (ASX:BTI) says pre-tax net tangible assets per share rose 12.3 per cent to $1.39 for the first half of the 2021 financial year.
12 Feb 2021 - Mirvac Group’s (ASX:MGR) statutory profit after tax dropped over 35 per cent to $396 million in the half year ended 31 December 2020, compared to the same half year in 2019.
12 Feb 2021 - The ASX is set for a flat start after Wall Street retreated in late trade. The pull back in US stocks comes as investors seek to consolidate gains on the back of yesterday’s record highs. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has warned senators that China is aggressively outpacing the US on infrastructure. On the commodities front, OPEC has warned that world oil demand in 2021 will rebound more slowly than anticipated prompting OPEC+ to downgrade...
12 Feb 2021 - Sydney-based kitchen appliance distributor Shriro Holdings (ASX:SHM) has advised that Vasco Fung stepped down from the board yesterday after 24 years in the role.
12 Feb 2021 - A subsidiary of radio tech company, Etherstack (ASX:ESK) has entered into an agreement with EOS Defence Systems to supply services to the Australian Department of Defence.
