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2 YESTERDAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Global Ticker Daily Change U.S. Stocks Rise Amid Greek Debt Talks U.S. stocks advanced, after falling for the third time in four sessions, as banks and insurers rose with Treasury yields and investors speculated Greece will reach a deal with its creditors. The Standard & Poor s 500 Index added 0.2 percent to 2, at 4 p.m. in New York, and intraday came within 0.5 percent of its all-time closing high set last month. The economy expanded in the past two months, even as manufacturers in some regions took a hit from a stronger dollar and a slowdown in energy-related investment, the Fed s Beige Book report showed today. Economists project the first Fed rate increase will come in September. A separate report earlier showed companies added more workers in May than the prior month, a sign job growth is getting back on track after a slow start to the year. European stocks were little changed as investors weighed the prospects of success in Greece s debt talks. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.1 percent to at the close of trading. Shares started paring gains of as much as 0.9 percent after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said there was no credible perspective yet on a Greek deal. Greece s ASE Index added 4.1%. S&P % Dow Jones +0.36% Nasdaq +0.45% Stoxx % FTSE % Dax % Crude Oil -1.05% Gold -1.05% NYSE:BABA +0.31%

3 THE ASX YESTERDAY IN REVIEW AUS Ticker Change ASX Falls Despite Better Than Expected GDP Data The ASX was down 52.4pts, or 0.9 per cent, at pts on Wednesday. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed March quarter GDP growth rising above projections at 0.90 per cent. The rise in GDP growth was partially attributed to a surprising surplus in mining exports. The Financials sector dragged heavily on the Australian shares market, falling 1.25 per cent on the day. Energy and Health Care stocks fell the most, falling 1.34 and 1.53 per cent respectively. Shares fell almost immediately in the opening minutes of trading. Around 12:30pm, on the back of the strong Australian dollar, the market sank again and remained near daily lows at its closing. Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) was down 39c, or 2.75 per cent, at $13.81 per share. Newcrest announced a shake up of its executives to continue with a corporate restructuring project. However, some analysts have questioned the move. ASX % ALLORDS -0.91% CBA -1.72% BHP +0.71% GEM -1.06% QBE -1.97% RTR +1.47% WBC -1.42% NAB -1.05% Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) was up $1.01, or 1.79 per cent, at $57.50 per share. Iron ore prices jumped over night, sending Rio shares up.

4 DAILY PRICE ACTIVITY AUSTRALIA ASX200 price action yesterday

5 UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS What s coming up? DATE DATE CODE CODE COMPANY COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT 1/06/2015 SVW SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Record Date 2/06/2015 UBS UBS SECURITIES AUSTRALIA LIMITED Date Payable 4/06/2015 CRB CARBINE RESOURCES LIMITED Annual General Meeting 5/06/2015 FOT FORTUNIS RESOURCES LIMITED EGM 8/06/2015 GID GI DYNAMICS, INC Annual General Meeting 10/06/2015 AQG ALACER GOLD LTD Annual General Meeting 10/06/2015 ABM RBS GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED Date Payable 10/06/2015 NNW 99 WUXIAN LIMITED Annual General Meeting 12/06/2015 OGC OCEANAGOLD CORPORATION Annual General Meeting 12/06/2015 LGM LUIRI GOLD LIMITED Annual General Meeting 15/06/2015 DGH DESANE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Record Date 15/06/2015 MPX MUSTERA PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED EGM 15/06/2015 AHF AUSTRALIAN DAIRY FARMS GROUP EGM 16/06/2015 PTB PTB GROUP LIMITED Date Payable Courtesy of

6 UPCOMING DIVIDENDS Tasty dividends ASX DATE CODE CODE COMPANY COMPANY NAME EX DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT PAY DATE AMOUNT FRANKING % AMPHA HY 3M Q RD T 05 Jun Jun NABHB BND 3M Q RD T 05 Jun Jun ALQ ALS 09 Jun Jul JHX James Hardie 09 Jun Aug ANZHA BND 3M Q RD T 10 Jun Jun GSBK35 TB 2.75% M 10 Jun Jun GSIQ25 TIB +3.00% M 10 Jun Jun GSIQ30 TIB +2.50% M 10 Jun Jun GTK Gentrack Group 10 Jun Jun HBSHB BND 7.25% M 10 Jun Jun MYBG SUB.NOTE 20-DEC Jun Jun NHH Newhaven Hotels 10 Jun Jun OFX OzForex Group 10 Jun Jun Courtesy of

7 WHATS HOT? WHATS NOT? WCB.asx - steaming hot GZL.asx - cooling down DATE CODE COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Limited (WCB) is an Australian company producing a range of dairy products for domestic and export markets. WCB managed to lift earnings in the first 9 months of FY15 by 126%. Gazal Corporation Limited (GZL) is an apparel company focused on the design, manufacture, importation, wholesale and retail of branded apparel and accessories. GZL is medium-term bearish. The company announced a 19.7% decline in NPAT for H1FY15.

8 ECONOMIC NEWS What to look out for DATE CODE COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT Retail Sales for April are expected to show an increase of 0.4% No data from China More U.S. jobs data to be released tonight. The U.S. jobs market had a slow start to the year, but is expected to gain momentum.

9 NEWSWORTHY This caught our attention.. DATE CODE COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT Iron Ore Gives Surprising Boost to GDP Growth Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday showed that GDP grew faster than expected. During the March quarter of 2015 the Australian gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 0.90 per cent. Over the 12 months to March, seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 2.30 per cent. Both quarterly and annual GDP grew faster than what was projected. The ABS cited a surprising uptick in mining exports as the cause for the better than expected results. Read the full story here:

10 LATEST UPDATE FROM WISE-OWL Freelancer Ltd (FLN) Growth Portfolio Recommendation: Freelancer Ltd (FLN) CODE COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT Freelancer Ltd ("Freelancer", "the Company") is an Australian based software company operating the world's largest freelancing, outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace. Founded in 2009, the company connects employers and freelancers from over 247 countries. The Company has 14.3m users and 6.9m total projects and contests as of 31 December The company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in November ASX:FLN Buy Price $1.14 Target $1.60 Stop $0.95 Long-Term Outlook Click here

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