The ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO)(^AXJO) is expected to open lower today, the USA’s S&P 500 Index (.INX) fell by 0.20% on Wednesday.
Australian Dollar ($A) (AUDUSD): 67.55US cents
Dow Jones (DJI): down 0.08%
Oil (WTI): $US52.97 per barrel
Gold: $US1,489 per ounce
ASX Sharemarket News
In ASX sharemarket news, we have learned via the Australian Financial Review that the Lowy family has sold its stake of Scentre Group (ASX: SCG) for $815 million.
The sale price was apparently $3.956 per share, which was only a 1.3% discount to the actual share price of $4.01.
UBS was the lucky broker who was in charge of the transaction, who told potential fund buyers that the seller was selling its full holding.
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The share price of Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) will be on watch this morning after the energy giant said that for the third quarter to 30 September 2019 it delivered production of 24.9 MMboe (Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent) – an increase of 44% from the last quarter.
It also generated sales revenue of $1.16 billion, which was an increase of 58% compared to the previous quarter.
Woodside boasted of achieving 99.7% reliability at Pluto LNG with record quarterly production and daily production rates.
The oil giant also said the first oil was produced from the Greater Enfield Project.
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Bank of Queensland Limited (ASX: BOQ) has reported its full year 2019 financial result.
Cash earnings after tax dropped 14% to $320 million and statutory net profit declined 11%. BOQ said that its net interest margin (NIM) dropped five basis points (0.05%) to 1.93% and its loan impairment expense grew by seven basis points (0.07%) to 0.16% of gross loans, or $74 million.
The bank declined a final dividend of 31 cents per share, bringing the full year dividend to 65 cents per share, a reduction of 11 cents per share from last year.
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