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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... like the horses aren't being as frightened as they were a few days ago about the debt situation in the US." In local trade, BHP Billiton was 17 cents lower at $41.86, after announcing a $US279 million ($A254.24 million) expansion of its manganese operations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... company's annual sales results revealed a 6.7 per cent sales surge in its Coles supermarket chain. Elsewhere, market heavyweight BHP Billiton lost 74 cents, or 1.72 per cent, to $42.26, and Rio Tinto fell $1.24, or 1.5 per cent, to $81.35. Banks and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... the US debt limit by $US1 trillion ($A925 billion). In local trade, materials and resource stocks led the market down, with BHP Billiton falling 44 cents to $43.08, and Rio Tinto down 39 cents at $82.60. Banks and financials were also down, with ANZ ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... 28 cents, or 1.31 per cent, to $21.59, and Westpac added 19 cents to $21.45. The big miners were in good shape, too, with BHP up 40 cents at $43.46, despite the federal court ruling that a non-union collective agreement covering workers in its Pilbara ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Mining was the best-performer on the S&P/ASX20 having climbed 1.4 per cent, or 56 cents, to $40.58. The big miners were lower. BHP had fallen 27 cents to $43.16 and Rio had slipped 55 cents to $81.95. On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... Ralph Norris. ANZ added 41 cents, or 1.93 per cent, to $21.67, while Westpac was up 39 cents, or 1.84 per cent, at $21.53. BHP Billiton was 16 cents lower at $43.42, while Rio Tinto added 11 cents to $82.45 after saying it was considering selling off ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... executive Rupert Murdoch said he would not resign because of the phone hacking scandal in the UK. In the resources sector, BHP Billiton was up 77 cents, or 1.8 per cent, at $43.39 while Rio Tinto gained $1.19, or 1.5 per cent, to $82.52. BHP said on ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... very expensive and you get poor liquidity, ordinary diversification in many cases and pretty ordinary returns compared to BHP," said Condon. The former MLC chief investment officer described insurance linked securities such as catastrophe bonds, essentially ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
The Australian sharemarket remained weaker at noon as BHP Billiton led losses in the resource sector and retailers continued to drop in value. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 4,468.9, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... the gold and oil sectors included gold miner Newcrest, adding 69 cents to $39.65, and Santos, rising seven cents to $13.21. BHP Billiton was down nine cents to $43.54 and Rio Tinto was 61 cents weaker to $80.34. The big banks all lost some ground. "The ...