The Northern Territory news Sat 23 Jan 2010
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2010-01-23
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www.ntnews.com.au Northern Territory News, Saturday, January 23, 2010 41 P U B : N T N E W S D A T E : 2 3 -J A N -2 0 1 0 P A G E : 4 1 C O L O R : C M Y K BUSINESS INDICES Last Chg All Ordinaries 4771.90 77.70 S&P/ASX 200 4750.60 76.60 S&P/ASX Small Ords 2540.20 43.40 Spot Gold (USD) 1092.00 3.00 WTI Spot 75.86 1.76 INTEREST RATES Bank Bill Rates: 30 Days 4.02 per cent 60 Days 4.18 per cent 90 Days 4.22 per cent 180 Days 4.50 per cent Unofficial cash rates: (11am) 3.75 per cent WHAT YOUR DOLLAR WAS WORTH YESTERDAY Rates are for travellers cheques only. Supplied by the Commonwealth Bank as a community service. Rates are subject to change. Buy Sell U.S. dollar 0.9363 0.8730 UK Sterling 0.5801 0.5340 Euro 0.6783 0.6080 NZ dollar 1.3405 1.2051 HK dollar 7.3604 6.6417 Buy Sell Singapore 1.3321 1.1858 Yen 88.21 77.23 Png Kina 2.7851 1.9473 SA Rand 7.2032 6.2480 Indon Rph On appl 7662.19 Buy Sell Swiss Fr 1.0070 0.8942 Fijian 1.8183 1.5695 Philippine On app 36.17 Malaysian On app 2.6897 Thai Baht 31.24 25.87 INDUSTRIALS, MINING AND OILS Company Last Chg Vol Buy Sell Company Last Chg Vol Buy Sell Company Last Chg Vol Buy Sell Company Last Chg Vol Buy Sell Company Last Chg Vol Buy Sell GUIDE Last: last sale price of stock. Chg. change in value from previous day. Vol (100s): volume of shares traded. buy: the highest bidding price. Sell: the lowest asking price. Prices quoted in dollars Abm RES 0.035 0.000 6160 0.034 0.036 Acclaim Explor. 0.005 0.000 15299 0.004 0.005 Acrux 1.96 -0.02 1492 1.96 1.99 Adacel Tech. 0.55 -0.01 333 0.54 0.55 Adelaide Brighton 2.60 -0.01 12622 2.59 2.60 Aditya Birla 1.21 -0.04 6114 1.20 1.21 Adtrans GRP 3.35 -0.10 65 3.35 3.50 AdultShop.com 0.012 0.000 165 0.011 0.012 Advanced Magn. 0.067 -0.003 762 0.067 0.068 AED Oil 0.605 -0.015 4377 0.605 0.610 Aevum 1.440 -0.020 428 1.440 1.460 AGL Energy 13.79 -0.14 14157 13.77 13.79 Ainsworth Game 0.18 0.00 50 0.18 0.20 AJ Lucas GRP 3.73 0.04 5508 3.68 3.74 Alchemia 0.760 -0.025 2434 0.750 0.760 ALE PROPerty 2.320 -0.040 926 2.320 2.340 Alesco Corp. 4.590 -0.110 1990 4.580 4.590 Alkane Res. 0.370 0.000 1712 0.370 0.395 Alliance Res. 0.60 -0.02 6617 0.60 0.60 Alumina 1.68 -0.05 183629 1.68 1.69 Amadeus Energy 0.250 0.000 2206 0.250 0.255 Amalgamated 5.75 0.00 661 5.55 5.75 Amcom Telecom. 0.315 0.000 8817 0.310 0.315 Amcor 6.03 -0.06 37628 6.02 6.03 Ammtec 2.80 -0.07 188 2.80 2.84 AMP 6.55 -0.04 62374 6.54 6.56 AngloGold Ash. 8.90 0.00 0 8.91 9.95 Ansell 10.07 -0.13 5732 10.07 10.09 Antares Energy 0.62 -0.02 15311 0.62 0.62 ANZ Banking Grp 22.65 -0.61 88115 22.60 22.65 APA GRP 3.24 -0.03 9483 3.24 3.25 A.P. Eagers 12.10 0.10 52 12.00 12.45 Apex MIN 0.03 0.00 141201 0.03 0.04 APN News&Med. 2.36 0.02 42502 2.36 2.37 Aquila Res. 9.650 -0.300 12288 9.650 9.680 Arafura Res. 0.840 -0.005 3103 0.840 0.845 Argo Invest. 6.82 -0.01 1363 6.81 6.82 Ariadne Aust. 0.290 0.005 160 0.290 0.300 Aristocrat Leis. 4.07 0.00 69595 4.06 4.07 Arrow Energy 4.12 -0.04 36255 4.12 4.14 Aspen GRP 0.48 -0.02 30125 0.48 0.49 Atlas Iron 2.14 0.00 44190 2.13 2.14 ASX 33.77 -0.93 12339 33.75 33.81 Aurox Res. 0.34 -0.03 18484 0.34 0.35 Ausdrill 1.99 -0.06 4603 1.98 1.99 Ausenco 4.11 -0.05 10345 4.10 4.12 Ausmelt 1.36 0.01 1209 1.35 1.36 Aust. Agricult. 1.31 -0.09 8954 1.31 1.32 Aust. Education 0.44 0.01 494 0.43 0.45 Aust. Foundat. 5.36 0.00 2783 5.35 5.36 Aust. Infrastr. 1.89 -0.02 27645 1.88 1.90 Aust. Pharm. 0.68 -0.02 11179 0.68 0.69 Aust. Worldwide 2.83 -0.09 60178 2.83 2.84 Austal 2.37 -0.01 603 2.37 2.40 Austar United 1.340 0.000 13859 1.335 1.340 Austereo GRP 1.60 -0.04 4499 1.60 1.62 Automotive H. 2.450 0.000 1102 2.350 2.450 Avexa 0.17 -0.01 40737 0.17 0.17 AVJennings 0.52 0.02 221 0.51 0.52 AWB 1.16 0.00 42355 1.16 1.17 AXA Asia Pac. 6.58 -0.02 63166 6.58 6.59 Bank of QLD. 11.16 -0.37 13442 11.16 11.17 Bannerman Res. 0.69 -0.03 10512 0.69 0.69 Batavia Mining 0.165 -0.010 6929 0.165 0.170 Beach PET 0.875 -0.055 74364 0.875 0.880 Becton Prty. GRP 0.110 -0.005 6527 0.110 0.115 Bendigo & Adel. 10.00 -0.24 25079 9.97 10.00 Bendigo Mining 0.25 0.00 32394 0.25 0.25 BHP Billiton. 41.70 -0.97 164043 41.69 41.70 Billabong 11.34 0.04 12228 11.33 11.36 Biota Hings 2.03 -0.01 12510 2.03 2.04 Blackmores. 21.65 -0.05 30 21.60 21.65 Blina Diamonds 0.013 0.000 766 0.013 0.015 Bluescope Steel 2.87 -0.05 205882 2.86 2.87 Bluglass 0.210 0.000 6935 0.205 0.210 Boom Logistics 0.41 -0.01 10383 0.41 0.41 Boral 5.65 0.02 22825 5.64 5.66 Bougain. Copper 0.600 -0.010 95 0.540 0.600 Bradken 6.26 0.01 21374 6.25 6.26 Brambles 6.72 -0.20 49330 6.72 6.73 Brickworks 12.50 -0.10 974 12.50 12.52 Brockman Res. 2.600 -0.160 3415 2.600 2.620 Buka Gold 0.155 0.010 1150 0.130 0.155 Bunnings Ware. 1.74 -0.04 4391 1.73 1.74 Cabcharge Aust. 5.81 -0.06 1639 5.81 5.83 Caltex AUST 9.49 0.15 15247 9.47 9.49 Campbell Bros. 29.15 -0.25 869 29.10 29.30 Clarius Grp 0.78 -0.01 71 0.78 0.83 Cardno 4.29 -0.01 708 4.26 4.29 Carnarvon Petr. 0.535 -0.020 45266 0.535 0.540 CBH Res. 0.155 0.000 62928 0.150 0.155 CEC GRP 0.15 0.00 7100 0.15 0.15 Coventry GRP 2.39 -0.05 209 2.32 2.39 Cellestis 3.60 -0.06 556 3.60 3.65 Cellnet GRP 0.30 0.00 0 0.30 0.66 Centamin Egypt 2.110 0.000 600 2.020 2.070 Centennial Coal 3.73 -0.10 47366 3.73 3.74 Centro Retail GRP 0.17 -0.01 23915 0.17 0.17 Century AUST 0.83 -0.02 2044 0.83 0.85 CFS Retail Prty. 1.89 -0.05 94805 1.89 1.89 Cga Mining 2.26 -0.12 137 2.23 2.26 Challenger F.S.G. 4.14 -0.12 16771 4.14 4.15 Challenger Infrast. 1.700 -0.005 10664 1.700 1.705 Challenger Wine. 0.290 -0.005 695 0.290 0.295 Charter Hall GRP 0.645 -0.005 21225 0.640 0.645 Costaexchange 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 City Pacific 0.036 0.000 0 0.000 0.000 Clean Seas Tuna 0.280 -0.010 52834 0.275 0.280 Clinuvel Pharm. 0.25 -0.01 2969 0.25 0.25 Clough 0.87 -0.02 8919 0.86 0.87 Clover Corp. 0.30 0.00 140 0.30 0.30 CMI 0.68 0.00 740 0.68 0.69 Coal & Allied 81.90 -3.35 378 81.51 81.90 Coca-Cola Amatil 10.91 -0.21 38901 10.89 10.91 Cochlear 65.40 0.97 2946 65.28 65.40 Cockatoo Ridge 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Coffey Internat. 2.24 0.03 1326 2.19 2.24 Collection House 0.87 0.02 24 0.84 0.86 Comm. Bank. 55.75 -0.81 46423 55.70 55.75 Comm. Divers. 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Comm. PROP 0.91 -0.02 105342 0.91 0.92 Compumedics 0.210 0.025 15301 0.210 0.225 Computershare 11.95 -0.15 35353 11.95 11.96 ConnectEast GRP 0.44 -0.01 78056 0.44 0.45 Consol. Media. 3.04 0.01 6374 3.04 3.05 Consol. Rutile 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Corp. Express 3.95 -0.02 1114 3.95 3.96 Count Financial 1.46 0.01 2124 1.45 1.46 Country Road 3.70 0.00 0 3.75 0.00 Coventry Grp 2.39 -0.05 209 2.32 2.39 Crane GRP 9.38 0.13 3308 9.38 9.39 Credit Corp Grp 3.30 0.03 401 3.28 3.30 Crown 7.66 -0.11 31337 7.66 7.67 CSG 1.93 -0.04 5838 1.93 1.96 CSL 31.14 0.07 16020 31.10 31.15 CSR 1.95 -0.02 78361 1.94 1.95 Cudeco 4.430 -0.070 6462 4.430 4.440 CUE Energy Res. 0.220 -0.005 6646 0.220 0.230 CVC 0.80 0.03 880 0.77 0.81 Data#3 9.30 0.01 95 9.20 9.30 David Jones. 4.96 -0.04 28770 4.96 4.98 Deep Yellow. 0.29 -0.01 9203 0.29 0.30 Devine 0.40 -0.01 656 0.40 0.40 Diversified United 3.29 -0.04 280 3.28 3.32 Djerriwarrh 4.76 -0.03 1041 4.73 4.76 Dominion Mining 3.35 -0.09 4316 3.34 3.36 Domino Pizza Ent. 5.22 -0.06 1729 5.15 5.30 Downer EDI 8.60 0.09 15346 8.60 8.62 Dragon Mining 0.10 -0.01 84509 0.10 0.11 Duet GRP 1.85 -0.01 51507 1.85 1.86 Dyesol 0.95 0.03 1817 0.90 0.94 Eastern Star Gas 0.800 -0.020 35346 0.800 0.805 Ellex Med. Laser 0.160 0.000 1277 0.155 0.160 Emeco Hings 0.74 -0.01 23729 0.74 0.74 Empire Oil & Gas 0.01 0.00 121711 0.01 0.01 Energy Develop. 2.65 -0.05 437 2.65 2.67 Energy Res. 21.46 0.19 3558 21.43 21.46 Energy World 0.335 0.000 20406 0.330 0.335 Envestra 0.51 0.02 17737 0.50 0.51 Eservglobal 0.52 -0.02 1449 0.52 0.52 Espreon 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Fairfax Media 1.79 -0.04 181839 1.79 1.79 Falcon MIN 0.21 -0.01 1002 0.21 0.22 Fantastic H. 3.90 0.06 2996 3.75 3.90 Felix Res.. 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Fisher & Paykel 0.49 -0.01 2925 0.49 0.49 FKP PROPerty GRP 0.73 -0.02 11316 0.73 0.73 Fleetwood Corp 8.41 -0.19 1504 8.41 8.43 Fletcher Building 6.31 -0.09 1270 6.29 6.31 Flight Centre 19.30 -0.46 3485 19.27 19.42 Flinders Mines 0.15 -0.01 182459 0.15 0.16 Forest Ent. 0.07 0.00 4397 0.07 0.07 Fortescue Metals 4.81 -0.18 120847 4.80 4.81 Fosters GRP 5.35 -0.03 85376 5.33 5.35 Freshtel Hings 0.01 0.00 0 0.01 0.01 Frigrite 0.13 0.00 0 0.13 0.13 Funtastic 0.24 0.00 1908 0.24 0.24 G.U.D. Hings 9.10 -0.21 1171 9.10 9.12 Genetic Techn. 0.05 0.00 360 0.05 0.05 Geodynamics 0.83 -0.02 2268 0.83 0.84 Gindalbie Metals 1.070 -0.020 34968 1.070 1.075 Gloucester Coal 8.37 -0.33 921 8.35 8.37 GoConnect 0.010 -0.002 24016 0.010 0.015 Goodman Fielder. 1.57 0.02 37927 1.57 1.57 Goodman GRP 0.60 -0.01 426023 0.60 0.60 GPT GRP 0.56 -0.02 470487 0.56 0.56 GrainCorp 5.89 -0.08 31097 5.89 5.90 GRD 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Great Southern 0.12 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Green Rock Ener. 0.05 0.00 5290 0.05 0.05 Guinness Peat Grp 0.72 0.00 2281 0.70 0.72 Gunns 0.890 -0.005 45016 0.890 0.900 GWA INT. 3.04 0.02 8631 3.03 3.05 Hannans Reward 0.27 0.00 9028 0.27 0.28 Harvey Norman 3.80 -0.12 40442 3.80 3.81 Hastie GRP 1.90 -0.08 16773 1.90 1.90 Hastings Diversif. 1.14 -0.02 16993 1.14 1.14 Healthscope 4.82 -0.03 4804 4.82 4.84 Highlands Pacif. 0.365 0.005 14269 0.360 0.370 Hills IND 2.04 -0.04 2927 2.02 2.08 Horizon Oil 0.340 0.000 99445 0.335 0.340 Hunter Hall Inter. 7.45 -0.05 97 7.28 7.45 Hutchison 0.115 -0.005 10165 0.115 0.120 Isoft GRP 0.71 0.01 14268 0.71 0.71 iiNet 1.99 0.04 350 1.95 1.99 Iluka RES 3.35 -0.02 18982 3.35 3.36 Imdex 0.690 -0.010 6712 0.685 0.690 IMF (Aust.) 1.660 -0.055 2411 1.660 1.670 Imperial Corp 0.006 0.000 136500 0.005 0.006 Incitec Pivot 3.31 -0.06 187011 3.30 3.31 Independ. GRP 4.54 0.08 3448 4.53 4.55 Indophil Res. 1.25 0.00 27603 1.25 1.26 Industrea 0.43 0.00 17423 0.42 0.43 Infomedia 0.32 -0.01 2999 0.31 0.32 ING Office Fund 0.60 -0.03 133712 0.60 0.61 ING IND Fund 0.45 0.00 61312 0.45 0.45 Insurance Aust. 3.92 -0.03 63276 3.91 3.92 Internatl Allsport. 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 InvoCare 5.91 0.00 1436 5.91 5.92 IOOF Hings 6.15 -0.10 3712 6.14 6.16 IRESS Mark. Tech. 8.14 -0.01 1714 8.13 8.14 Iron Ore H. 2.31 -0.08 7040 2.30 2.34 Ironbark Cap. 0.46 0.00 73 0.46 0.47 James Hardie Ind. 7.97 0.13 22559 7.97 8.00 JB Hi-Fi 22.17 0.17 6195 22.13 22.17 Kagara 1.05 -0.04 58982 1.05 1.05 Karoon Gas Aust. 7.35 -0.24 15110 7.34 7.39 Keycorp 0.50 -0.01 650 0.48 0.50 Kingsgate Cons. 9.40 -0.18 4625 9.40 9.43 Lakes Oil NL 0.007 -0.001 65544 0.007 0.008 Leighton Hings 38.28 -0.95 9966 38.28 38.30 Lihir Gold 3.06 -0.07 314322 3.06 3.07 Linc Energy 1.54 -0.07 14279 1.54 1.55 Lion Nathan 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 MacArthur Coal 10.17 -0.42 16172 10.17 10.18 Macmahon H. 0.610 -0.010 30354 0.605 0.610 Macquarie Airp. 2.93 -0.07 50892 2.93 2.94 Macquarie Com. 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Macquarie GRP 51.60 -1.70 33477 51.50 51.60 Macquarie Infra. 1.48 -0.03 305678 1.48 1.49 Macquarie Off. 0.30 -0.01 251799 0.30 0.30 Marathon Res. 0.455 -0.025 540 0.455 0.460 Marine Produce 0.035 0.004 975 0.031 0.035 Marion Energy 0.125 0.000 4406 0.120 0.125 MaxiTRANS IND 0.38 0.00 95 0.38 0.38 McPhersons 3.08 -0.06 698 3.08 3.10 Melbourne IT 1.65 -0.04 955 1.65 1.67 Mermaid Marine 2.850 -0.040 4777 2.850 2.870 Metal Storm 0.019 -0.001 89747 0.019 0.020 Metals X 0.11 -0.01 42348 0.11 0.11 Metcash 4.41 0.02 21919 4.40 4.41 MEO Aust. 0.450 -0.010 39300 0.445 0.455 Milton Corp. 18.90 0.15 130 18.70 18.90 Minara Res. 0.72 -0.03 39889 0.72 0.72 Mincor Res. NL 1.69 -0.03 18837 1.68 1.69 Minemakers 0.50 -0.03 43124 0.50 0.51 Mirabela Nickel 2.31 -0.05 7932 2.30 2.31 Mirrabooka Invest. 2.10 -0.04 421 2.08 2.10 Mirvac GRP 1.48 -0.02 235078 1.48 1.49 Mirvac IND 0.05 0.00 500 0.05 0.06 Mirvac Real Est. 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Molopo Aust. 1.19 -0.05 6888 1.19 1.20 Monadelphous 13.50 -0.59 4126 13.49 13.50 Mortgage Choice 1.26 -0.06 377 1.26 1.29 Mosaic Oil NL 0.100 -0.005 43709 0.100 0.105 Mount Gibson Iron 1.58 -0.07 65671 1.58 1.58 Namoi Cotton Co. 0.420 -0.005 98 0.420 0.430 Nat. Aust. Bank 26.72 -0.47 81178 26.72 26.76 Nat. Hire GRP 2.020 0.000 0 2.010 2.060 Neptune Marine 0.475 -0.035 105499 0.470 0.480 New Hope Corp. 4.510 -0.010 6560 4.480 4.510 Newcrest Mining 33.31 -0.80 29999 33.31 33.35 Newmont Mining 4.94 -0.13 926 4.91 4.94 News Corp 16.78 -0.22 17960 16.77 16.80 Nexus Energy 0.300 -0.005 58219 0.300 0.305 North Aust. 0.047 -0.001 135738 0.047 0.048 Norwest Energy 0.032 0.000 54858 0.031 0.032 Norwood Abbey 0.01 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Nufarm 10.36 -0.04 16454 10.36 10.37 Oakton 3.60 -0.04 1621 3.60 3.65 Objective Corp 0.38 0.00 0 0.32 0.38 Oil Search 5.59 -0.01 65277 5.59 5.61 OM Hings 1.89 -0.03 11242 1.89 1.90 OneSteel 3.23 -0.11 77093 3.22 3.23 Orbital Corp 0.045 -0.001 4808 0.041 0.045 ORD River Res. 0.06 0.00 66202 0.06 0.06 Orica 25.04 -0.06 16459 25.00 25.04 Origin Energy 16.63 -0.06 33883 16.58 16.63 OrotonGroup 6.28 -0.02 67 6.20 6.25 Over Fifty GRP 0.70 0.01 556 0.70 0.71 OZ MIN 1.20 0.04 276367 1.19 1.20 Pacific Brands 1.14 -0.02 23594 1.13 1.14 Paladin Energy 3.93 -0.04 69924 3.92 3.93 PanAust 0.56 -0.01 205680 0.56 0.56 Panoramic Res. 2.09 -0.04 8114 2.08 2.09 PaperlinX 0.63 -0.03 8033 0.63 0.63 Penrice Soda 0.88 -0.01 5083 0.88 0.89 Perilya 0.70 -0.04 31179 0.70 0.70 Perpetual 38.72 -1.12 985 38.69 38.72 Pharmaxis 2.73 -0.03 1866 2.71 2.73 Phosphagenics 0.06 0.00 1265 0.06 0.06 Photon GRP 1.40 0.01 759 1.40 1.42 pieNETWORKS 0.01 0.00 15500 0.01 0.01 PIPE Networks 6.17 0.00 798 6.17 6.20 Planet Gas 0.135 0.000 4142 0.135 0.145 Platinum Asset 5.460 -0.140 3175 5.460 5.490 Platinum Aust. 1.160 -0.025 31193 1.160 1.165 PMP 0.74 -0.01 1735 0.74 0.75 Port Bouvard 0.25 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Primeag Aust. 1.03 0.01 12003 1.02 1.03 Premium Invest. 0.74 0.02 116 0.73 0.74 Prim. Health Care 5.52 -0.09 11414 5.51 5.52 Prime Media Grp 0.75 -0.01 5628 0.75 0.80 Programmed 3.71 -0.04 594 3.71 3.80 Qantas Airway 2.91 -0.06 344817 2.91 2.92 QBE Insur. GRP 23.08 -0.42 62641 23.08 23.09 Quantum Res. 0.018 0.000 0 0.017 0.019 Ramsay Health 11.72 0.05 4098 11.69 11.72 Reckon 2.000 0.000 2100 1.975 2.000 RNY Prty 0.120 0.015 54508 0.110 0.120 Red 5 0.135 -0.015 29160 0.135 0.140 Redflex H. 2.08 -0.04 312 2.08 2.10 Reef Casino 2.00 -0.06 17 1.96 2.06 Renison Consol. 0.009 -0.002 156160 0.009 0.010 ResMed Inc. 5.81 0.01 23574 5.80 5.81 Resolute Mining 0.99 -0.04 14041 0.98 0.99 Reverse Corp 0.40 -0.01 76 0.38 0.40 RIO Tinto 72.94 -2.61 42516 72.92 72.97 Rivercity Motor. 0.25 -0.01 16947 0.25 0.25 Riversdale Min. 7.70 -0.26 10653 7.68 7.70 ROC Oil Comp. 0.68 -0.03 59166 0.68 0.69 RUM Jungle Uran. 0.09 0.00 1560 0.09 0.10 RUN Corp 0.04 0.00 0 0.04 0.05 Rusina Mining 0.093 0.000 412 0.093 0.095 SAI Global 3.85 0.02 596 3.85 3.88 Salmat 4.10 -0.15 803 4.07 4.19 Sandfire Res. 3.75 0.00 2812 3.70 3.75 Santos 13.55 0.07 54280 13.55 13.56 Seek 6.37 -0.13 9967 6.37 6.39 Seven Network 6.65 -0.06 1664 6.65 6.66 Sigma Pharma. 0.98 -0.01 32285 0.97 0.98 Silex SYS 5.60 -0.09 807 5.58 5.60 Sims Metal Mgmt 22.97 -0.48 12354 22.97 23.01 Singapore Tele. 2.37 0.02 23076 2.37 2.38 Sipa Res. 0.100 0.000 3850 0.100 0.105 Sirtex Medical 6.83 -0.69 1651 6.83 6.90 Skilled GRP 2.02 -0.03 1023 2.02 2.03 Sky City Entertain. 2.68 0.08 4609 2.61 2.68 Sonic Healthcare 14.22 -0.31 12148 14.22 14.23 Soul Pattinson 13.75 0.01 176 13.70 13.92 Spark Infrast. 1.33 -0.01 18400 1.33 1.34 SP AusNet 0.90 0.02 68033 0.90 0.91 Spotless Grp 2.83 0.06 5058 2.83 2.84 St Barbara 0.270 -0.010 147974 0.270 0.275 Stockland 3.87 -0.05 72001 3.86 3.87 Straits Res. 1.55 -0.03 23385 1.55 1.56 Summit Res. 2.34 0.00 0 2.23 2.33 Sundance Res. 0.140 -0.010 100285 0.140 0.145 Sunland Grp 0.775 -0.010 1306 0.775 0.780 Sun RES 0.081 -0.001 7860 0.081 0.082 Suncorp-Metway. 9.05 -0.17 53771 9.04 9.06 Super Cheap Au. 5.49 -0.11 1121 5.49 5.59 Symex Hings 0.52 0.00 1225 0.52 0.53 TABCORP H. 7.25 0.05 23147 7.22 7.25 Tanami Gold NL 0.071 -0.001 60380 0.071 0.072 Tap Oil 1.10 -0.01 3090 1.07 1.10 Tassal GRP 1.82 -0.02 1763 1.82 1.82 Tatts GRP 2.42 -0.01 28763 2.41 2.42 Technology One 0.760 -0.015 9981 0.765 0.795 Telstra Corpor. 3.37 -0.03 455965 3.37 3.38 Templeton Global 0.84 -0.02 527 0.83 0.84 Ten Network 1.64 0.00 30468 1.63 1.64 TNG 0.080 0.000 1500 0.080 0.081 Territory Res. 0.21 0.00 6721 0.21 0.22 Territory Uranium 0.09 -0.01 1150 0.09 0.10 Texon PET 0.29 -0.05 6790 0.29 0.30 Tissue Therapies 0.21 -0.01 22462 0.20 0.21 Toll Hings 8.72 -0.24 31098 8.71 8.72 Trafalgar Corp. 0.80 0.00 232 0.78 0.80 Transfield Serv. 3.87 -0.08 14081 3.86 3.87 Transpacific IND 1.33 -0.05 18590 1.33 1.33 Transurban GRP 5.53 -0.03 30652 5.52 5.54 Trinity GRP 0.13 -0.01 1432 0.13 0.13 Transfield Serv 1.11 0.00 2245 1.10 1.11 Tutt Bryant Grp 0.84 0.00 0 0.78 0.84 Union Res. 0.008 0.000 4522 0.008 0.009 United GRP 12.99 -0.18 10036 12.99 13.05 United MIN 1.29 0.00 1166 1.29 1.30 United Orogen 0.05 0.00 0 0.04 0.05 Valad Prty. Grp 0.115 -0.005 88868 0.115 0.120 Virax Hings 0.065 0.000 1160 0.062 0.065 Virgin Blue 0.62 -0.03 203453 0.62 0.62 Wattyl 0.96 -0.02 1071 0.93 0.96 Wentworth 0.08 0.00 0 0.07 0.08 Wesfarmers 29.37 -0.86 46388 29.37 29.41 WEST Areas 4.770 -0.110 8489 4.760 4.780 West Aust. News 7.50 -0.28 5441 7.49 7.50 West. Des. Res. 0.53 0.01 8168 0.53 0.53 Westfield GRP 12.51 0.00 91418 12.51 12.54 Westpac Banking 25.38 -0.23 71495 25.36 25.38 Woodside Petrol. 44.37 -1.53 35809 44.37 44.49 Woolworths 27.50 0.00 44597 27.50 27.55 WorleyParsons 24.00 -0.15 20216 24.00 24.05 Wotif.com 6.79 -0.18 3280 6.79 6.82 Wridgways Aust. 2.85 0.05 63 2.76 2.85 Yellow Rock 0.05 0.00 12260 0.05 0.05 Zimplats H. 12.50 0.00 231 12.55 12.60 Obama clamp on big US banks causes jitters MELBOURNE: The local share market closed lower yesterday on concerns about increased US banking regulation and worries about a slowdown in China. The benchmark S&P/ ASX200 index fell 76.6 points, or 1.59 per cent, at 4750.6, while the All Ordinaries in dex dropped 77.7 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 4771.9 points. Patersons Securities associate director John Curtin said uncertainty was gripping the market after US President Barack Obama unveiled proposals to limit the size, risk taking and proprietary trading of large Wall Street banks. Financial shares pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 per cent lower on Thursday, with banking giant Goldman Sachs plunging 4.1 per cent despite the bank beating December quarter earnings estimates. Burrell Stockbroking director Richard Herring said the weak US lead was also caused by potential moves by China to slow its economy after December quarter gross domestic product hit 10.7 per cent. Uncertainty over the impli cations of the US Presidents proposals for credit markets hit the local banking sector as well as big cyclical stocks. ANZ Banking Group led the big four banks lower, falling 61c to $22.65, while National Australia Bank lost 47c to $26.72. Commonwealth Bank lost 81c to $55.75 and Westpac was down 23c to $25.38. Bigger moves were seen among diversified financials, with local investment banking giant Macquarie Group falling 37c, or 3.21 per cent. Resources and energy stocks also suffered falls. Total trade was 2.78 billion shares, worth $5.95 billion, with 294 stocks trading up, 825 down and 342 steady.