Brambles

ABC Learning was the overall best performing stock - taking in a 57.53 percent increase in their share price this week. It was a mixture of learning services, energy, support services, and mining companies who were among the best performing stocks for the week 26 of 2008 of the Australian sharemarket: ABC Learning (ABS), Paladin Energy (PDN), Brambles (BXB), Iluka Resources (ILU). These best performing stocks managed gains above 15.32 percent by the end of the trading week.

Seek (SEK) was the overall worst performing stock taking in a 13.95 percent decrease. It was a mixture of gaming machine manufacturing, support services, gold mining and Internet job recruitment companies who were among the worst performing stocks for the week 17 of 2008 on the Australian sharemarket: Aristocrat (ALL), Brambles (BXB), Newcrest (NCM), Seek (SEK), Sino Gold (SGX). These worst performing stocks for the week 17 recorded losses above 11.89 percent by the end of the trading week.

Toll Holdings (TOL) was the overall worst performing stock taking in a 18.46 percent decrease. Among the worst performing stocks for the week 16 of 2008 of the Australian sharemarket were a mixture of logistics services, support services, retail shopping, and gold mining: Toll Holdings (TOL), Brambles (BXB), Centro Properties (CNP), Sino Gold (SGX). These worst performing stocks for the week 16 of 2008 recorded losses above 8.69 percent by the end of the trading week.