澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-11-01

 Macquarie Group has impressed investors¹ with a record half-year profit of 1.1-billion dollars. That’s up 58% compared to the same period last year. It’s also beaten the company’s own forecast issued earlier this month. Macquarie says the strong earnings² were mostly driven by improved trading conditions, foreign exchange gains and higher performance fees. Shareholders³ will get an interim⁴ dividend⁵ one dollar and 60 cents a share partially⁶ franked. Shares in Macquarie Group jumped on the result up 2% by the close. The other major banks were lower. ANZ led the losses. Blackmores is returning some of yesterday’s gains. Dicksmith continues its fall and the port’s operator Asciano jumped after Que bought 90% stake in the company, blocking a takeover attempt by Brookfield. Fears about higher interest rates in the US are nerving investors on the broad Australian share market. Mining and banking⁷ shares were the biggest drags. By the close, the All Ords was off 4%. The ASX 200 Index down 0.5%. And the Australian dollar is pushing up against the greenback to 71 US cents. The number of business loans taken out last month surged by the most since the 2008 global financial crisis. Figures from the Reserve Bank show private sector⁸ credit rose by 0.8% overall in September. Lending to businesses rose by 1.2% in the month. And the rise in annual business credit hit 6.3%.

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

3 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

4 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

5 dividend   

n.红利，股息；回报，效益

参考例句：

• The company was forced to pass its dividend.该公司被迫到期不分红。
• The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.第一季度的股息增长了近 4%。

6 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

7 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

8 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。