15 Feb 2021 - The ASX lifted during the early trading hours and is tracking 0.9% higher or 59 points higher at noon at 6,865. Nearmap (ASX:NEA) shares have risen after reporting pleasing half year results. Utilities is the only sector in the red. CIMIC Group (ASX:CIM) has signed a share purchase agreement with SALD Investment LLC for the sale of CIMIC’s investment in the Middle East.
15 Feb 2021 - Lithium company Orocobre (ASX:ORE) say that some minor damage was sustained at their site office at their Naraha Lithium Hydroxide Plant in Japan after an earthquake at the weekend.
15 Feb 2021 - Crown Resorts (ASX:CWN) Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Ken Barton has today stepped down from his role of with immediate effect.
15 Feb 2021 - Medicinal cannabis producer Cann Group (ASX:CAN) has sealed a deal to acquire Satipharm from Canadian-domiciled Harvest One Cannabis (CVE:HVT).
15 Feb 2021 - News corporation Seven West Media (ASX:SWM) has clinched a direct partnership deal with Google for payment to feed news content to the Google News Showcase platform.
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 - 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.
