Ampol quadruples dividend after five-fold increase in profit | Finance Report | ABC NEWS

The local share market closed higher today, with miners lifting but banks sinking amid another deluge of corporate results.
Wall Street made a solid gain on Friday after a jittery week which saw shares sold off sharply as traders worried about attempts to suppress rising US interest rates.
Ampol quadrupled its dividend to shareholders after the company announced a nearly five-fold profit bonanza as a result of the war in Iran.
Alan Kohler reports.

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