PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN STOCKS NEWS: Earnings from NAB. Dexus, Iluka, Mirvac & Santos, while SGH and Steel Dynamics boost bid for BlueScope Steel
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BlueScope Steel (BSL AT) - SGH (SGH AT) and Steel Dynamics (STLD) increased their takeover bid to AUD 15bln. (The Australian)
CBA (CBA AT) - Co. closes in on major AUD 200mln Brisbane Olympics 2032 sponsorship deal. (AFR)
Dexus (DXS AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) statutory NPAT rose to 348.5mln from (prev. 10.3mln Y/Y), AFFO reported at 253.3mln, interim distribution 19.3 cents per share declared. (Motley Fool)
Iluka Resources Ltd (ILU AT) - Co. FY (AUD) NPAT reported a loss of 288mln, mineral sands revenue fell to 976mln (prev. 1.129bln Y/Y). (Motley Fool)
Lottery Corporation Ltd (TLC AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) NPAT fell 1.4% Y/Y to 173.3mln, revenue rose 2% Y/Y to 1.82bln, interim dividend 8.0 cents per share fully franked declared. (Motley Fool)
Mirvac Group (MGR AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) operating profit after tax rose 5% Y/Y to 248mln, EBIT rose 10% Y/Y to 398mln, statutory profit rose to 319mln from (prev. 1mln Y/Y). (Motley Fool)
National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB AT) - Co. Q1 (AUD) cash earnings rose 15% Y/Y to 2.0bln, underlying profit rose 12% Y/Y to 3.1bln, revenue rose 6% Y/Y to 5.6bln. (Motley Fool)
Netwealth Group Ltd (NWL AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) NPAT rose 19.9% Y/Y to 69.0mln, revenue rose 24.7% Y/Y to 193.8mln. (Motley Fool)
Santos Ltd (STO AT) - Co. FY (USD) net profit fell 33% Y/Y to 818mln, revenue fell 8% Y/Y to 4.94bln, underlying profit fell 25% Y/Y to 898mln, final dividend 10.3 cents per share declared, Co. plans a 10% workforce cut. (Dow Jones Newsplus/Newswires)
Suncorp Group Ltd (SUN AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) NPAT fell to 263mln (prev. 1.1bln Y/Y), GWP rose 2.7% Y/Y to 7.69bln. (Motley Fool)
Superloop Ltd (SLC AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net profit reported at 5.1mln, revenue rose 23% Y/Y to 317.6mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Telix Pharmaceuticals (TLX AT) - Co. filed a European application for its brain cancer imaging candidate. (Motley Fool)
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