<div id="readability-page-1"><div>** Australia's Macquarie Group slips 2.62% to A$195.32, hitting their lowest since early May** Stock is the biggest laggard on the financials subindex , dragging it 0.5% lower** Country's biggest investment bank trades ex-dividend** Company declared an interim dividend of A$2.80 per share, higher than the A$2.60 declared last year** Stock has lost 11.9%, so far this year</div></div>

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** Australia's Macquarie Group slips 2.62% to A$195.32, hitting their lowest since early May** Stock is the biggest laggard on the financials subindex , dragging it 0.5% lower** Country's biggest investment bank trades ex-dividend** Company declared an interim dividend of A$2.80 per share, higher than the A$2.60 declared last year** Stock has lost 11.9%, so far this year

Macquarie Group hits over 6-month low on ex-dividend trade