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WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

30.070

-0.620-2.02%

Volume:6.14M

Turnover:184.72M

Market Cap:102.99B

PE:14.71

High:30.440

Open:30.370

Low:29.780

Close:30.690

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Overview Company News Filings

Major bank continues to lower rates as competition heats up

Sydney Morning Herald

Westpac posts $1.7bn quarterly profit, flags rising unemployment

Sydney Morning Herald

NZX Midday Sector Update: Consumer Non-Durables Soar, Finance Struggles

MT Newswires Live

Australian shares slip off record highs as banks and gold miners weigh

Westpac Managing Underlying Performance Better Than Peers -- Market Talk

Westpac share price sinks 5% on Q1 update

ASX Preview: Australian Shares Set for Lower Open After Weaker-than-Expected US Retail Sales

MT Newswires Live

Westpac boss supports RBA rate cut, says it will deliver needed relief

The Australian Financial Review

Westpac Lifts 1Q Profit on Loan and Deposit Growth -- Update

Westpac Banking Posts Higher Fiscal Q1 Profit, Net Operating Income

MT Newswires Live

ASX Market Open: Looming RBA cut call holds power over local bourse as Week 8 gets going | Feb 17, 2025

The Market Herald

Westpac Posts Fiscal Q1 After-Tax Net Profit of AU$1.7 Billion, Adjusted Net Profit of AU$1.9 Billion, Net Operating Income of AU$5.3 Billion

MT Newswires Live

Australia's Westpac's first-quarter margin contracts, shares slide

Westpac Profit Dips as CEO Miller Sees Rates Challenging Clients

BRIEF-Westpac Says Qtrly Unaudited Net Profit A$1.7 Billion

Australian lender Westpac reports 13% rise in first-quarter profit

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On Spotify, Apple, and more.Also back home, reporting season rolls on with aplomb. Westpac  today heralded a 9% decline in profits, to $1.7 billion, while a2 Milk  upgraded its full-year guidance after half-revenue rose another 10%.Another week, another Star Entertainment  update too – this time, Oaktree is looking to buy out the Star’s lenders; the last roadblock to voluntary administration.Bad news for BlueScope  too, with the steelmaker seeing a 59% profit drop.Rio Tinto  has also updated its shareholders regarding its Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia: The multibillion-dollar expansion is “running to budget and schedule,” the mining gia","market":"us","thumbnail":null,"type":0,"news_type":0,"thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"property":[],"language":"en","translate_title":"","themeId":null,"theme_name":"","theme_type":"","isJumpTheme":false,"source_url":"https://themarketonline.com.au/asx-market-open-looming-rba-cut-call-holds-power-over-local-bourse-as-week-8-gets-going-feb-17-2025-2025-02-17/","is_publish_highlight":false,"source_rank":0,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_top_title":null,"news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"length":0,"strategy_id":0,"source":"markerherald_stock","symbols":["BSL.AU","BK7511","BK7135","BK7505","BK7078","BK7507","A2M.AU","SGR.AU","RIO.AU","WBC.AU","BK7141","BK7095","BK7129"],"gpt_icon":0},{"id":"2512952737","title":"Westpac Posts Fiscal Q1 After-Tax Net Profit of AU$1.7 Billion, Adjusted Net Profit of AU$1.9 Billion, Net Operating Income of AU$5.3 Billion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2512952737","media":"MT Newswires Live","labels":[],"top":-1,"itemType":null,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2512952737?lang=en_us&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2025-02-17 05:07","pubTimestamp":1739740076,"startTime":"0","endTime":"0","summary":"Westpac Posts Fiscal Q1 After-Tax Net Profit of AU$1.7 Billion, Adjusted Net Profit of AU$1.9 Billion, Net Operating Income of AU$5.3 Billion","market":"sg","thumbnail":null,"type":0,"news_type":0,"thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"property":["rate"],"language":"en","translate_title":"","themeId":null,"theme_name":"","theme_type":"","isJumpTheme":false,"source_url":"https://www.mtnewswires.com/","is_publish_highlight":false,"source_rank":0,"column":"","sentiment":"1","news_top_title":null,"news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"length":0,"strategy_id":0,"source":"mtnewswires_news","symbols":["WBC.AU"],"gpt_icon":0},{"id":"2512952955","title":"Australia's Westpac's first-quarter margin contracts, shares slide","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2512952955","media":"Reuters","labels":[],"top":-1,"itemType":null,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2512952955?lang=en_us&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2025-02-17 04:49","pubTimestamp":1739738985,"startTime":"0","endTime":"0","summary":"UPDATE 3-Australia's Westpac's first-quarter margin contracts, shares slideQ1 NIM 1.81%, down 2 bps from H2 2024Q1 unaudited net profit A$1.7 billion Shares fall as much as 6% at one pointRewrites throughout, adds shares and context on RBA in paragraphs 7-8By Himanshi Akhand","market":"us","thumbnail":null,"type":0,"news_type":0,"thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"property":[],"language":"en","translate_title":"","themeId":null,"theme_name":"","theme_type":"","isJumpTheme":false,"source_url":"https://api.refinitiv.com/data/news/v1/stories/urn:newsml:reuters.com:20250216:nL2N3P7068:1","is_publish_highlight":false,"source_rank":0,"column":"","sentiment":"1","news_top_title":null,"news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"length":0,"strategy_id":0,"source":null,"symbols":["WBC.AU","BK7135","BK7511"],"gpt_icon":0},{"id":"2512302957","title":"Westpac Profit Dips as CEO Miller Sees Rates Challenging Clients","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2512302957","media":"Bloomberg","labels":["executive"],"top":-1,"itemType":null,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2512302957?lang=en_us&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2025-02-17 04:44","pubTimestamp":1739738698,"startTime":"0","endTime":"0","summary":" -- Westpac Banking Corp. profit slipped as Chief Executive Officer Anthony Miller said the high cost of living in the Australian economy continues to bite into customers’ spending power.A Filmmaker’s Surreal JourneyIntoHis Own PrivateWinnipeg. SpaceXBid to Turn Texas Starbase IntoCity Is Set for Vote in May. Unaudited net profit for the three months ended Dec. 31 came in at A$1.7 billion , the Sydney-based bank said in a statement Monday. Hedging contributed to the bulk of the fall, with margins and profit otherwise flat.Just months into the job, Miller has taken the helm at Westpac as the Australian economy heads toward a phase of expected monetary policy easing that could curb bank margins. Analysts are also wary about the outlook after the stock price soared more than 40% over the past year.“Cost of living pressures and high interest rates remain challenging for some customers while many businesses face cost pressures and lower demand,” Miller said in the statement. “Encouragingly,","market":"us","thumbnail":null,"type":0,"news_type":0,"thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"property":[],"language":"en","translate_title":"","themeId":null,"theme_name":"","theme_type":"","isJumpTheme":false,"source_url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/westpac-profit-dips-ceo-miller-204458415.html","is_publish_highlight":false,"source_rank":0,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_top_title":null,"news_tag":"executive","news_rank":0,"length":0,"strategy_id":0,"source":"yahoofinance_au","symbols":["XAO.AU","BK4149","WBC.AU","WBCPL.AU","XKO.AU","BK7135","WBCPM.AU","XJO.AU","MLR"],"gpt_icon":0},{"id":"2512195254","title":"BRIEF-Westpac Says Qtrly Unaudited Net Profit A$1.7 Billion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2512195254","media":"Reuters","labels":[],"top":-1,"itemType":null,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2512195254?lang=en_us&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2025-02-17 04:39","pubTimestamp":1739738399,"startTime":"0","endTime":"0","summary":"BRIEF-Westpac Says Qtrly Unaudited Net Profit A$1.7 BillionFeb 17  - Westpac Banking Corp WBC.AX:QTRLY UNAUDITED NET PROFIT A$1.7 BILLIONQTRLY CORE NIM 1.81%AS AT QUARTER-END, CET1 CAPITAL RATIO 11.9%HAS COMPLETED 62% OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED A$3.5 BILLION ON MARKET SHARE BUYBACKFurther company coverage: WBC.AX ","market":"us","thumbnail":null,"type":0,"news_type":0,"thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"property":[],"language":"en","translate_title":"","themeId":null,"theme_name":"","theme_type":"","isJumpTheme":false,"source_url":"https://api.refinitiv.com/data/news/v1/stories/urn:newsml:reuters.com:20250216:nFWN3P6066:1","is_publish_highlight":false,"source_rank":0,"column":"","sentiment":"1","news_top_title":null,"news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"length":0,"strategy_id":0,"source":null,"symbols":["BK7511","WBC.AU","BK7135"],"gpt_icon":0},{"id":"2512525619","title":"Australian lender Westpac reports 13% rise in first-quarter profit","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2512525619","media":"Reuters","labels":[],"top":-1,"itemType":null,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2512525619?lang=en_us&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2025-02-17 04:39","pubTimestamp":1739738344,"startTime":"0","endTime":"0","summary":"Feb 17  - Australia's Westpac Banking WBC.AX posted a 13% rise in its first-quarter net profit on Monday, helped by growth in customer deposits and housing and business loan volumes.The country's No.3 lender by market value said unaudited net profit was A$1.7 billion  for the three months ended December 31, compared with A$1.5 billion posted a year earlier.  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