Westpac share price today (ASX: WBC): RBA minutes reshape rate outlook as buyback, dividend and analyst forecasts collide — 23 December 2025
Westpac Banking Corporation shares were higher on Tuesday as Australia’s big banks helped lift the broader market into a pre‑holiday rally. By mid‑afternoon AEDT, Westpac (ASX: WBC) was up about 1.2% to around A$39.21, broadly in line with a strong session for the ASX 200. But the day’s bounce is only the surface story. Underneath it sits a busier mix of catalysts investors are weighing as 2025 closes out: a central bank that’s sounding less “cut-friendly” than markets once hoped, an on‑market buyback still chewing through shares, a fully franked dividend that keeps yield hunters interested, and a set of