Sydney - Thursday - October 27: (RWE Australian Business News) -
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Some share price moves to keep an eye on in the market:
Flight Centre (FLT) up $1.05 to $19.61: AGM told that first-quarter trading results and October projections indicate pre-tax profit was 25-30pc higher than previous corresponding period.
National Australia Bank (NAB) up 58c to $25.51: Lifted net profit 23.6pc to $5.2bn in year ended September. Final div up from 84c to 88c, fully franked, and total div is $1.72, up from $1.52.
AMP (AMP) up 5c to $4.26: AMP Bank's mortgage book grew to $11.1bn in the third quarter from $11bn in the prior quarter while its deposit book grew 16pc to $6.4bn.
Woolworths (WOW) up 15c to $24.30: Sales rose 4.9pc to $14.59bn in the 14 weeks ended October 2.
Ten Network Holdings (TEN) up 2c to 87c: Net profit fell 90.5pc to $14.18m in the year ended August 31. Revenue was up 1pc to $1bn. Final dividend is down 6c to 5.25c.
AGL Energy (AGK) up 11c to $14.54: Expects underlying profit for 2012 of $470m to $500m, compared with $431.1m for 2011.
Leighton Holdings (LEI) up 11c to $21.67: Confirmed guidance of net profit of $600-650m for 2012. This does not include gain of $163m after tax from the sale of the HWE Iron Ore entities and assets in WA.
Perilya (PEM) down 9c to 43c: Completed the institutional component of a 1-for-2 issue at 42c a share to raise $100-110.5m.
PMI Gold (PVM) up 12c to $1.12: Results of drilling at flagship Nkran deposit in Ghana has continued to confirm the internal continuity of the deposit and the occurrence of a higher-grade core.
UGL (UGL) up 33c to $12.80: Expecting underlying net profit growth of around 5pc for FY12