Daily FNArena News - Australia

During March the ASX200 rose 1.8%, underperforming a 4.2% rise for the S&P500

As widely suspected, South32 has agreed on a last-minute revamping of the sale of South Africa Energy Coal, allowing greater focus on more prospective resources

FNArena’s Monitor keeps track of corporate earnings result releases, including broker views, ratings and target price changes and beat/miss assessments

Brokers have walked away from Aristocrat’s recent investor briefing incrementally more confident the company will emerge post-Covid in a stronger competitive position

Santos has given a green light to the Barossa gas/LNG project, underpinning confidence in the outlook

AGL Energy has decided on a parting of ways and will separate its business into two. As always, the devil will be in the detail

Despite the NSW floods almond harvest volumes at Select Harvests are unchanged, although softer prices have driven a reduction in earnings forecasts

According to Banking Day, Westpac is today the least competitive and most unstable of major banks in Australia

ANZ Bank is probably looking for a significant reduction in the rate paid to financial platform providers, which is likely to have a significant impact on earnings

FNArena’s Monitor keeps track of corporate earnings result releases, including broker views, ratings and target price changes and beat/miss assessments