22 Jul 2020 - Insurance group QBE (ASX:QBE) has flagged a $750 million net statutory loss after tax for the first half of the year (1H20) primarily due to Covid.
22 Jul 2020 - Private toll road operator Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX) report traffic and revenue recovered materially as the second quarter of 2020 progressed particularly in France and Germany.
22 Jul 2020 - Baby Bunting Group (ASX:BBN) report total sales of approximately $405 million for financial year 2020, representing growth of around 12 per cent against the prior corresponding period.
22 Jul 2020 - Following a mixed response from US markets overnight, the ASX looks set to open lower this morning. The Australian dollar has pulled back from daily lows to rise over 71 cents to the US dollar. US President Donald Trump has warned the US that the coronavirus pandemic will probably 'get worse before it gets better'. Meridian Energy (ASX:MEZ) report that for the month national hydro storage decreased from 103 per cent to 75% of historical...
21 Jul 2020 - The Australian share market rose at the open and continued to rally throughout the day closing 2.6 per cent up at the end of trade. JobKeeper payments have been extended until March 2021 although both JobKeeper and JobSeeker wages will be reduced after September. Dreamworld's parent company Ardent Leisure (ASX:ALG) has been charged over the 2016 Thunder River Rapids Ride tragedy that killed four people.
21 Jul 2020 - The ASX rallied on the news the government will extend its Jobkeeper allowance until at the end of September to $1200 a fortnight for full-time workers and to $750 for part-time workers, down from the current single rate of $1500. The scheme is being extended until March 28 next year. The local bourse is tracking 1.2 per cent higher at noon.
21 Jul 2020 - Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:ALG) acknowledges that the Queensland Work Health and Safety Prosecutor has today filed in the Brisbane Magistrates Court three charges against Ardent Leisure arising from the Thunder River Rapids Ride tragedy in 2016.
21 Jul 2020 - Downer (AXS:DOW) has launched a $400 million equity raising to strengthen it’s balance sheet, fund acquisition of the remaining shares in Spotless and provide flexibility for continued investment in Downer’s core business.
21 Jul 2020 - The ASX looks set to open higher this morning following vaccine hopes. The Morrison government is set to continue the JobKeeper and JobSeeker emergency payments for another six months, but both will be at a reduced rate. Global banks look to expand to Taiwan as they look to move away from Hong Kong. Respiri (ASX:RSH) has executed a merchant services agreement with Zip Money Payments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zip Co Limited (ASX:Z1P).
20 Jul 2020 - The Australian share market closed 0.5 per cent lower at the end of trade. Fears of a second NSW lockdown surface. Eclipx Group (ASX:ECX) has sold accident loan car provider Right2Drive for less than half the price of their original purchase.
