BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: ASX 100
- a measure of the change in stock prices on the Australian Stock Exchange based on changes in the stocks of the top 100 companies. Similar indexes include the ASX 20, ASX 50, ASX 200, and ASX 300.
Additional Resources
- ARF members trade directly on ASX.
- Oct 15, 2003 (Investor Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Retirement Fund ARF has developed a new investment service for its members. The "ASX 100 Shares Investment Plan" will enable the $A4 billion fund's members to use their savings to acquire shares on...
- Research articles 2003-10-15
- Dubious reporting may rise: ASX chief.
- Byline: Glenda Korporaal Aug 20, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX has warned that the number of questionable company reports could rise. ASX CEO, Robert Elstone, says that there are nearly 2,000 companies listed on the...
- Research articles 2006-08-20
- ASX tops $1 trillion.
- Jan 18, 2006 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The value of transactions on the Australian Stock Exchange ASX exceeded $A1trn for the first time in 2006, with trade up 35....
- Research articles 2006-01-18
- ASX not 'soft' on insider trading.
- Byline: Andrew Trounson Jul 31, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX has denied claims of soft treatment of insider trading. ...
- Research articles 2005-07-31
- Futures at ASX "gain strength".
- Apr 14, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX is unconcerned about apparently slow business in its new futures trades. The ASX started trading index futures contracts in January 2002 under the banners of the Mini200 and...
- Research articles 2002-04-14
- CANADA'S LIONORE MINING TO SEEK NEW PROJECTS AFTER ASX LISTING.
- PERTH, July 11 Asia Pulse - The Canada-based LionOre Mining International Ltd said it would seek new projects after its Australian Stock Exchange ASX listing this month and upcoming merger with Dalrymple Resources NL. Managing director Mark Ashley told a pre-listing investor briefing in Perth that with its...
- Research articles 2003-07-11
- Suffering from global exposure.
- Sep 30, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's major listed companies posted relatively good results for the most part in the 2002 reporting season. Despite this, the S&P/ASX 100 index fell by 7.8 per cent for the quarter ending 30 ...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Online AOT fined $100,000 on orders.
- Dec 16, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Stock Exchange ASX has fined Internet broker AOT Securities $A100,000. The fine relates to two massive bids placed by AOT Securities just before the close of trade in the 2001 financial year, which...
- Research articles 2002-12-16
- LionOre And Dalrymple Announce Merger: LionOre To List In Australia As New Top-100 ASX Company.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 3, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX LionOre Mining International Ltd (TSE: LIM, LSE: LOR) and Dalrymple Resources NL (ASX: DRE) today announced that they have entered into an agreement to merge the two companies. Under the merger, Dalrymple shareholders will receive one...
- Research articles 2003-06-03
- AUSTRALIA'S AVOCA RESOURCES LISTS ON ASX AT STRONG PREMIUM.
- PERTH, April 15 Asia Pulse - Gold explorer Avoca Resources Ltd (ASX:AVO) listed on the Australian Stock Exchange today at a 10 per cent premium to its 20 cents per share issue price. Avoca debuted at 1230 AEST at 22 cents however by 1248 AEST, the stock had...
- Research articles 2002-04-15
- Change coming as top bankers nudge retirement.
- Byline: Stuart Washington and Marc Moncrief Nov 14, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The ANZ Bank CEO, John McFarlane, received $A19.7 million from employee stock options in 2005-06. Although the ANZ Bank's annual report details his remuneration as $A7.3 million,...
- Research articles 2006-11-14
- Small caps face crisis of confidence.(small capitalization stocks)(Brief Article)
- May 02, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) There have been 87 profit warnings so far in 2004-05 from the Australian small companies sector. As a result, investors have largely lost confidence in small capitalization stocks (small-caps). Since peaking in March,...
- Research articles 2005-05-02
- Promina benefits from index reshuffle.
- Jun 13, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian insurance company, Promina Group, has been confirmed in the S&P/ASX 100 index. Standard & Poor's states that Promina's share price has risen 22 per cent since its listing in early May 2003....
- Research articles 2003-06-13
- All ordinaries: banks take gloss off ASX.
- Feb 27, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) In the year to 27 February 2003, the S&P/ASX 200 has lost seven per cent. The Australian sharemarket, which had previously proved to be resilient to the woes of global equities, now appears to...
- Research articles 2003-02-28
- Small and sweet.
- Aug 14, 2003 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) Many Australian small capitalisation small cap stocks have risen over the past six months. Oil and gas company Amity Oil, pharmaceutical firm Sigma and medical products firm Ventracor are among the small caps whose share price...
- Research articles 2003-08-14
- Panning for gold among small fry.
- May 22, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Small-capitalisation Australian mining stocks have performed much better than large resource plays over the last 12 months. While the S&P/ASX SmallCap Resources index declined over that period, the total loss for investors after...
- Research articles 2003-05-22
- ManageSoft Customer Lend Lease Wins InfoWorld 100 Award for Ambitious IT Infrastructure Project; InfoWorld Names the 100 Most Innovative Corporate IT Solutions for 2004
- BOSTON -- ManageSoft, The Software Management CompanyTM, today announced its customer, Lend Lease Corporation Limited (ASX: LLC), was selected as an InfoWorld 100 award winner for its use of ManageSoft's solution as part of its innovative IT initiative called project highRISE. The annual awards honor companies that demonstrate the most...
- Research articles 2004-11-29
- Oz companies doing best for their shareholders.
- Byline: Stephen Bartholomeusz Apr 10, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Boston Consulting Group argues shareholder returns in Australia outclass those in the US, UK or Japan. Australia's average figure for the top 100 companies in the S&P/ASX...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Australia's biggest companies leave British, US peers looking ordinary.
- Byline: Stephen Bartholomeusz Apr 10, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Boston Consulting Group argues shareholder returns in Australia outclass those in the US, UK or Japan. Australia's average figure for the top 100 companies in the S&P/ASX 100 index...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Blurred lines encourage companies to align morality with tax deductibility.
- Byline: Leon Gettler Mar 14, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian companies are considered weak in terms of corporate governance of bribery. In the week ending 10...
- Research articles 2006-03-14
