13 Feb 2020 - The ASX rose at the open and is now tracking 0.2% higher at noon. Breville (ASX:BRG) shares shot up after reporting half-year net profit up by 14.1%. The best-performing sector is Utilities, while the worst performing sector is Consumer Staples. Vodafone Hutchison Australia welcomes the Federal Court’s decision to allow the proposed merger with TPG Telecom (ASX:TPM) to proceed.
13 Feb 2020 - Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) released their results for the six months ending December 31, showing after tax profit of $12.051 million, an increase of $2.969 million up 32.7 per cent compared to the same period last year.
13 Feb 2020 - Woodside (ASX:WPL) report profit from ordinary activities after tax attributable to members decreased 74.9 per cent to US$343 million compared to 2018 US$1.364 billion
13 Feb 2020 - Caltex Australia (ASX:CTX) has received a revised, conditional, nonbinding and indicative proposal from Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. to acquire all of the shares in Caltex by way of a scheme of arrangement at an indicative cash price of $35.25 cash per share.
13 Feb 2020 - Telstra (ASX:TLS) has reported a 7.6 per cent drop in first-half profit to $1.14 billion.
13 Feb 2020 - The ASX looks set to open slightly higher this morning. European shares also rose. Iron ore rallied. In the US the Treasury department reported that the US budget deficit for the first four months of fiscal 2020 is $389.2 billion. AMP (ASX:AMP) released their financial year 19 results showing net loss attributable to shareholders of $2.5 billion.
13 Feb 2020 - Synlait Milk (ASX:SM1) expects its full year 2020 earnings guidance to be between $70 million and $85 million net profit after tax (NPAT).
13 Feb 2020 - AMP (ASX:AMP) has announced some changes to the board with Mike Wilkins AO retiring from the Board, and Michael Sammells being appointed as a Non-Executive Director.
12 Feb 2020 - The local sharemarket has closed half a per cent higher today with the sectors proving to be a bit of a mixed bag. Aquaculture company Tassal reported revenue of $274.49 million in the half year ended December 31, down 15.8 per cent on the previous first half.
12 Feb 2020 - The local sharemarket has pushed higher in the first two hours of trade, boosted by solid results from market heavyweights CSL (ASX:CSL) and CBA (ASX:CBA). The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) has announced net profit of $4.47 billion for the six months to December 31 2019.
