AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (AXA) ended the day 6.6% lower to close at $5.08 after the ACCC rejected the proposed acquisition of the group by National Australia Bank (NAB). NAB gained 3.7% to close at $24.84.

Santos Limited (STO) ended the day 7% lower to closer at $12.79 after selling a 15% interest in its GLNG project to French oil and gas group Total for $650m. Total is the fifth-largest publicly traded integrated international oil and gas company in the world.

Major stock rises:

• Leighton Holdings Limited (LEI)         $33.52 +4.26%
• OneSteel Ltd (OST)     $2.98   +4.20%
• James Hardie Industries (JHX)            $5.87   +3.89%
• National Australia Bank (NAB)           $24.84 +3.72%
• Brambles Limited (BXB)         $6.13   +3.20%

Major stock falls:

• Santos Limited (STO)  $12.79 -6.98%
• AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (AXA)    $5.08   -6.62%
• Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TEL)  $1.59   -5.07%
• CSR Ltd (CSR)            $1.73   -1.70%
• Telstra Corporation Limited (TLS)       $2.84   -1.05%

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Foster’s Group Limited (FGL) gained 4.4% to close at $6.34 after announcing it had received an expression of interest from an international private equity firm regarding the acquisition of the group’s wine assets for between $2.3-2.7bn. The board of FGL believes the offer significantly undervalues the business and remains committed to a potential demerger of the group’s beer and wine assets.

Major stock rises:

• Foster’s Group Limited (FGL)  $6.34   +4.45%
• Newcrest Mining Limited (NCM)         $38.80 +2.16%
• OZ Minerals Limited (OZL)     $1.35   +1.89%
• Cochlear Limited (COH)          $71.63 +1.50%
• CSR Limited (CSR)      $1.76   +1.44%

Major stock falls:     

• Sonic Healthcare Limited (SHL)          $11.01 -4.84%
• Caltex Australia Limited (CTX)           $11.50 -4.17%
• OneSteel Ltd (OST)     $2.86   -3.38%
• News Corporation (NWS)        $15.92 -3.05%
• AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (AXA)    $5.44   -3.03%

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Norfolk Group Limited (NFK) gained 2.9% to close at $1.05 after being awarded a $40m construction contract for the Pilbara Underground Power Project (PUPP) for the Western Australian town of Karratha.

Major stock rises:

• QBE Insurance Group (QBE)  $17.67 +3.58%
• James Hardie Industries (JHX)            $5.73   +3.06%
• Caltex Australia Limited (CTX)           $12.00 +2.48%
• WorleyParsons Limited (WOR)           $22.69 +2.30%
• Downer EDI (DOW)    $4.32   +1.65%

Major stock falls:    

• Transfield Services Limited (TSE)       $3.58   -2.98%
• Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA)  $0.95   -2.56%
• GPT Group (GPT)        $3.08   -2.53%
• Computershare Limited (CPU) $9.41   -2.49%
• Macquarie Group (MQG)        $34.47 -2.21%

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Macquarie Group (MQG) ended the day 4.7% lower to close at $35.25 after stating it expects its first half profit to 30 September 2010 to be approximately 25% lower than the pcp. The weaker than expected performance was mainly attributed to difficult market conditions impacting activity levels in Macquarie Securities, Macquarie Capital and Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities.

Major stock rises:

• Transfield Services Limited (TSE)       $3.69   +4.83%
• BlueScope Steel Limited (BSL)            $2.33   +4.02%
• Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL)       $3.52   +3.23%
• James Hardie Industries (JHX)            $5.56   +3.15%
• GPT Group (GPT)        $3.16   +2.93%

Major stock falls:     

• Macquarie Group (MQG)        $35.25 -4.70%
• AMP Limited (AMP)    $5.06   -2.88%
• Lend Lease Group (LLC)         $7.20   -1.64%
• Nufarm Limited (NUF)            $3.34   -1.47%
• Leighton Holdings Limited (LEI)         $32.17 -1.26%

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Andean Resources Limited (AND) gained 30.9% to close at $6.40 after Canadian group Eldorado Gold Corporation confirmed it has approached the Board of Directors of AND with a proposal to combine the two companies. Based on the closing price of an Eldorado share on the Toronto Stock Exchange on August 30, 2010, the proposal values AND at $A6.65 per share.

Major stock rises:

• Iluka Resources Limited (ILU)            $5.94   +4.95%
• OZ Minerals Limited (OZL)     $1.36   +4.21%
• SIMS Metal Management Limited (SGM)        $17.64 +4.01%
• Ramsay Health Care Limited (RHC)    $15.01 +2.74%
• Harvey Norman (HVN)           $3.57   +2.59%

Major stock falls:   

• Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ALL)         $3.64   -4.96%
• West Australian Newspapers Holdings (WAN)            $6.58   -4.64%
• Nufarm Limited (NUF)            $3.39   -3.14%
• Orica Ltd (ORI)           $24.91 -2.77%
• Crown Limited (CWN)            $8.38   -1.41%

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Southern Cross Media Group Limited (SXL) gained 3.1% to close at $1.82 despite reporting a $82.7m loss for the 12 months ended 30 June 2010. SXL’s underlying profit from continuing operations increased to $19.9m, up 6.8% from the pcp. SXL declared a final dividend of 6.2cps, up from 3.2 cents in the pcp.

Major stock rises:

• Newcrest Mining Limited (NCM)         $37.25 +3.44%
• Ansell Limited (ANN)                         $13.48 +2.35%
• Goodman Fielder (GFF)                                   $1.34   +1.52%
• CSL Limited (CSL)                              $32.96 +1.32%
• JB Hi-Fi Limited (JBH)                                    $20.82 +0.97%

Major stock falls:     

• OZ Minerals Limited (OZL)                 $1.22   -3.56%
• Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC) $21.70 -2.82%
• Bank of Queensland Limited (BOQ)   $9.83   -2.29%
• Harvey Norman (HVN)                                   $3.45   -2.27%
• BHP Billiton Limited (BHP)                 $37.05 -2.17%

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Billabong International Limited (BBG) ended the day 9.9% lower to close at $8.03 after reporting net profit after tax of $146m for the financial year ended 30 June 2010, 4.5% lower than the pcp. BBG declared a final divided of 18cps, taking the full year dividend to 36cps down 20% from last year.

ANZ Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) gained 1.7% to close at $22.78 after reporting unaudited underlying profit after tax for the nine months to June 30 of around $3.6bn, up 26% on the pcp.

Major stock rises:

• Brambles Limited (BXB)         $5.65   +2.54%
• ASX Limited (ASX)     $30.49 +1.97%
• ANZ Banking Group Ltd (ANZ)          $22.78 +1.70%
• Nufarm Limited (NUF)            $4.07   +1.50%
• Newcrest Mining Limited (NCM)         $35.78 +1.19%

Major stock falls: 

• Billabong International Limited (BBG)            $8.03   -9.88%
• Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ALL)         $3.43   -3.65%
• Downer EDI (DOW)    $4.25   -3.63%
• OneSteel Ltd (OST)     $2.88   -3.36%
• Perpetual Ltd (PPT)      $30.45 -3.21%

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AMP Limited (AMP) ended the day 4.3% lower to close at $5.09 after reporting underlying NPAT of $383m for the six months ended 30 June 2010, 4% higher than the pcp. AMP declared an interim divided of 15cps, 7.1% higher than the pcp.

Downer EDI (DOW) ended the day 6.8% lower to close at $4.41 after reporting underlying FY10 net profit after tax of $197.3m, up 4.2% on FY09.  DOW declared an unfranked final dividend of 16cps, bringing total dividends for the year to 29.1cps, flat on FY09.

Major stock rises:

• Caltex Australia Limited (CTX)           $10.49 +4.27%
• Brambles Limited (BXB)         $5.51   +3.96%
• Computershare Limited (CPU) $9.56   +3.13%
• Crown Limited (CWN)            $8.60   +2.75%
• Telstra Corporation Limited (TLS)       $3.02   +2.03%

Major stock falls:     

• Downer EDI (DOW)    $4.41   -6.77%
• AMP Limited (AMP)    $5.09   -4.32%
• UGL Limited (UGL)    $14.66 -2.27%
• Nufarm Limited (NUF)            $4.01   -1.72%
• Suncorp-Metway Ltd (SUN)    $7.95   -1.49%

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CSL Limited (CSL) closed 2.7% lower at $31.90 despite reporting profit after tax of $1.05bn for the twelve months ended 30 June 2010, 22% higher than last year on a constant currency basis. CSL declared a final dividend of 45cps, 12.5% higher than the pcp. CSL also announced plans to undertake an on-market share buyback of up to $900m, representing approximately 5% of shares currently on issue.

BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) closed 4.4% lower at $38.42 after announcing an all-cash US$40bn takeover offer for Canadian group Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Potashcorp is the world’s largest integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company.

Major stock rises:

• Transfield Services Limited (TSE)       $3.40   +4.94%
• UGL Limited (UGL)    $15.00 +4.17%
• David Jones Limited (DJS)      $5.09   +2.83%
• Downer EDI (DOW)    $4.73   +2.83%
• Rio Tinto Limited (RIO)          $73.45 +2.81%

Major stock falls:     

• BHP Billiton Limited (BHP)     $38.42 -4.43%
• Primary Health Care Limited (PRY)     $3.11   -4.01%
• Fairfax Media (FXJ)    $1.40   -3.11%
• MAp (MAP)     $2.97   -2.94%
• CSL Limited (CSL)      $31.90 -2.68%

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UGL Limited (UGL) gained 4.6% to close at $14.40 after reporting FY10 underlying net profit after tax of $151m, 0.5% higher than the pcp. UGL declared a final dividend of 35cps (ff), bringing total dividends for the year to 64cps.

Primary Health Care Limited (PRY) closed 3% lower at $3.24 despite reporting net profit after tax of $132m for the year ended 30 June 2010, 21.6% higher than the pcp. PRY declared a final dividend of 10cps (ff), bringing total dividends for the year to 25cps.

Major stock rises:

• UGL Limited (UGL)    $14.40 +4.58%
• Transurban Group (TCL)         $4.84   +3.86%
• Challenger Financial Services (CGF)   $3.57   +3.78%
• Perpetual Ltd (PPT)      $31.14 +3.63%
• Downer EDI (DOW)    $4.60   +3.60%

Major stock falls:     

• Primary Health Care Limited (PRY)     $3.24   -2.99%
• BlueScope Steel Limited (BSL)            $2.33   -2.51%
• OneSteel Ltd (OST)     $3.11   -2.20%
• Nufarm Limited (NUF)            $4.10   -1.20%
• Santos Limited (STO)  $13.82 -1.14%

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