Qantas, the biggest ASX-listed company to make the top 100 using total shareholder returns as the yardstick, was also the biggest surprise, with the airline delivering an eye-catching one-year return for investors of 151 per cent.
It has been a tough year for WA's once-vaunted resources stocks, as our annual TSR survey reveals. Click through to see more on our Shareholder Returns feature.
The Aussie dollar is likely to fall to around US70 cents by the end of the year in response to higher US interest rates and sliding commodity prices, UBS predicts.
The Australian share market has rebounded from its early losses due to big gains by the miners, strength on China's market and better-than-expected jobs figures.
Singapore-founded property crowdfunding business CoAssets wrapped up its first day of trading on the Newcastle-based National Stock Exchange of Australia today, with its shares closing flat at 10 cents each.
Financial planning technology group Decimal has formed a partnership agreement Perth-based P&N Bank as it seeks to expand its service offering to a broader range of members.
US stocks have fallen moderately, joining most global bourses in moving lower after the Greek vote against further austerity measures raised fears the country could exit the eurozone.
More than $20 billion has been wiped off the Australian stock market after Greece shocked investors with an overwhelming rejection of austerity measures that could lead to the country's messy exit from the euro zone.
Upwards of 130 corporate finance transactions worth more than $11 billion were announced in WA in the June quarter, but most notable was a handful of landmark M&A deals.
The Australian share market is down well over one per cent in the wake of debt-ridden Greece's decision to reject international creditors' tough bailout terms.
Wall Street stocks have closed a holiday-shortened week slightly lower following a mixed US jobs report and as investors awaited Greece's weekend referendum over its economic fate.
