CPU

Australian-based shareholder services provider, Computershare (ASX:CPU), released its first half profit results to the stock market.

• Computershare Net Profit of $94.8 million for the six months to December 31, down 15.2 percent on the previous corresponding period.
• CPU revenue $976.8 million, up 26.1 percent.

Australia Post has unveiled a Digital MailBox initiative earlier, such a service allowing customers to access all their confidential letters and bills and to make transactions, through a single trustworthy online location. The service comes as Australia Post seeks to generate new digital revenue streams as its traditional postal business comes under pressure from the rise of electronic media such as emails.

Stocks went up and down before Christmas day arrived and this record shows to prove it. Below are list of the best and the worst traded stocks in ASX100, ASX200 and All Ordinaries of the Australian Stock Exchange in the 51st week of 2011, December 19 to 23, 2011.

Best Performing Trade Stocks ASX100 (XTO)

ASX100

There are no floats for tomorrow but there are two stocks that will go on ex-dividend and three companies that will have their general meeting.

Upcoming ex-dividends

Two companies are scheduled to have their stocks go on ex-dividend on August 16, 2011 - Alumina and Computershare.

ComputerShare

Share registry services provider Computershare Ltd's (ASX:CPU) full year profit fell by 10.4 percent while net profit dropped to $264.09 million for the 12 months to June 30 from $294.76 million last year. Revenue was flat from the previous year at $1.604 billion. ComputerShare declared final dividend of 14 cents per share, 60 per cent franked, unchanged from last year.

Dominos

Computershare Limited's (ASX:CPU) stock rose at 8 percent yesterday as it promises to restore Bank of New York Mellon's shareholder services. The share registry operator expects to earn $US70 million in synergy benefits in the third year of ownership.

Worst Performing Australian Stocks of the Week on the ASX100 (XTO) for the week. These stocks decreased their share price by the largest percentage on the Australian sharemarket, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from the previous week of trading (6th week: 7th February to 11th February 2011). Other lists of ASX companies by market capitalisation.

Worst Performing Australian Stocks of the Week on the ASX200 (XJO) for the week. These stocks decreased their share price by the largest percentage on the Australian sharemarket, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from the previous week of trading (6th week: 7th February to 11th February 2011). Other lists of ASX companies by Market capitalisation.

S&P ASX 100 Shares Losers companies for the week. These stocks decreased their share price by the largest percentage on the Australian sharemarket, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from the previous week of trading (3rd week: 17th January to 21st January 2011). Stocks included in this weeks list are: PDN, BSL, CPU, AIO, PRY, BLY, FMG, GFF, SGM, RHC, COH, NCM, TSE, MCC, RIO.