澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-11-02

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The All Ords finished up 48 points or 0.9%. The ASX 200 put on 50. Macquarie shares finished the session up more than 2% after it recorded a jump of 35% in its first half result. And ANZ added 0.7% after it recorded a record full-year profit of 7.3 billion dollars; that was up 15% on last year. 

 

Checking elsewhere in the region: 

 

Japan's Nikkei is doing very well, up 859 points, the Hang Seng also higher. And taking a quick check of the Australian dollar, it's currently buying 87.92 US cents. 

 

The executives of Australia's largest gold miner Newcrest have received a big rebuke³ after a significant number of shareholders⁴ rejected their pay deal. Nearly half of all shareholders voted against the company's remuneration report at its annual general meeting in Melbourne. It means the board now has a strike against it and if it happens again at next year's meeting, the board will be spilled.

 

And official figures show a strong jump in business lending while home lending also remains⁵ strong. Reserve Bank figures show growth in business lending rose from 0 to 0.5% from August to September. Growth in home lending was flat at 0.6% over the month. But over the year, home lending is up 6.8%.

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