A rally in mining shares and some positive earnings reports have helped to boost investor sentiment today and this has seen the S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX:XJO) rise 0.73% to 5,763 points.
Unfortunately, a number of shares have missed out on today's gains including:
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX: DMP)
Shares of Domino's have crashed more than 5% today amid claims that some of its franchisees are under-paying staff. The pizza maker has hit back strongly today and defended itself by saying it has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to employee entitlements. Nonetheless, the company will have to deal with the Fair Work Ombundsman and this could keep a lid on its share price until the matter is resolved.
Ansell Limited (ASX: ANN)
Shares of Ansell have fallen more than 2.5% today after the company revealed it could only increase first-half profits by 0.3% to US$69.8 million. Unfortunately, Ansell continues to face difficult trading conditions in a number of key markets and also warned that it has been suffering from higher input costs over the past few months. Despite this, Ansell has maintained its full year earnings per share (EPS) guidance of US$1.00 to US$1.12.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX: BEN)
Shares of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have plunged more than 4.7% today after announcing a lacklustre first-half profit result. The regional bank did a good job of lowering operating costs but this was largely offset by pressure on net interest margins and lower banking fee income. Cash EPS fell 1.8% from the previous corresponding period and the board declared an unchanged interim dividend of 34 cents per share.
Scentre Group (ASX: SCG)
Shares of Scentre Group are trading ex-dividend today and this has seen the shares fall by around 2.3%. The shopping centre operator will announce its interim results next Tuesday, but has already declared its interim distribution of 10.65 cents per share. Westfield Corp Ltd (ASX: WFD) shares are also trading ex-dividend today and and it will pay its shareholders 12.55 US cents per share. Interestingly, Scentre Group and Westfield now offer dividend yields of 4.7 and 3.7%, respectively.
