Global Markets | Australian shares rise as NAB hits record, NZ equities jumpAustralian shares climbed, led by National Australia Bank's record surge, while New Zealand equities saw a significant boost after the cent...
18 Feb, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
Australia's ANZ to cut 3,500 jobs as new CEO Matos takes chargeANZ Group will cut 3,500 jobs. CEO Nuno Matos warns of more changes. The bank will take a A$560 million restructuring charge. These cuts ai...
09 Sep, 2025, 08.12 AM IST
Australian shares end stellar week at record high on earnings, rate-cut boostAustralian shares closed at an all-time high on Friday, capping a week that delivered multiple record peaks after a central bank rate cut a...
15 Aug, 2025, 01.01 PM IST
Australian shares cross 8,900 level for first time, banks do the heavy liftingAustralian shares crossed the key 8,900 level for the first time on Friday, buoyed by gains in major banks as investors piled into financia...
15 Aug, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
Asia stocks struggle even as China slashes ratesChina's five-year loan prime rate was lowered by 25 basis points to 3.90%, bigger than the five to 15 bp cuts forecast by economists. The S...
20 Feb, 2024, 08.03 AM IST
Australia's ANZ offers to buy Suncorp Bank for $3.4 billion: ReportANZ and Suncorp were locked in late-stage talks on the weekend, with the deal for Suncorp Bank expected to be announced on Monday morning, ...
18 Jul, 2022, 12.42 AM IST
Australia shares end higher on energy stocks, miners boostThe S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.35% to close at 7,379.3 points, rebounding from a 0.4% drop on Friday.
13 Dec, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
Australian shares end lower after RBA decision; miners, banks dragThe benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.6% lower at 7,324.3, erasing Monday's gains.
02 Nov, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
Miners hold back Australian shares even as financials gainGold stocks shed 3.2%, the most among all sectors, as bullion dipped after solid US jobs data stoked concerns of a sooner-than-expected int...
09 Aug, 2021, 02.19 PM IST
Aussie shares end lower on banks and miners; NZ downA sell-off in Chinese iron ore futures led to a weakness in mining stocks.
12 Sep, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
Australia shares end higher, earnings support; NZ upThe S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.5 per cent to reach 6,297.7, after putting on 0.2 per cent on Wednesday.
09 Aug, 2018, 01.12 PM IST
While banks lag, party's getting started for Indian insurance IPOsA $900 million IPO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance, straddles those themes.
08 Sep, 2017, 07.37 PM IST
- Warburg stake in WNS falls to 29%, post ADS offer
The public offering raised $110 million through part sale by Warburg Pincus and a fresh issue of shares by the company.
15 Feb, 2012, 01.28 AM IST
- Suncorp's India outsourcing plans attract workers union's ire
'Suncorp did the right thing throughout the Queensland floods, because our members worked their butts off.'
15 Sep, 2011, 12.32 PM IST
Lift ban on Satyam, Tech M to World BankTech Mahindra, the new owner of the troubled Indian IT services firm Satyam, has officially written to the World Bank seeking an end to the...
03 Jul, 2009, 02.04 AM IST
- Australian cos in disarray over IT export to India
Nearly two-billion accounting fraud admitted to by the former Satyam Chairman is likely to cast its shadow over the Australian companies' p...
09 Jan, 2009, 04.18 AM IST
- Commonwealth Bank in talks to buy HBOS' Australian subsidiary
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is in talks to buy the Australian subsidiary of UK-based troubled HBOS, BankWest, for about $1.44 bn, a medi...
07 Oct, 2008, 12.40 PM IST