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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... Westpac was four cents lower at $21.31. Materials stocks were lower, too, despite modest rises in base metal prices overnight. BHP Billiton was down 23 cents at $42.77 by 1020 AEST, while Rio Tinto had lost 20 at $79.15. Making news, grocery wholesaler ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... 1300.16, while the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite dropped 40.53 points, or 1.46 per cent, to 2732.78. Local market heavyweight BHP Billiton fell 18 cents, or 0.42 per cent, to $43.05, while Rio Tinto lost 22 cents, or 0.28 per cent, to $79.54. Copper, nickel ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Resources stocks were also lower on Friday due to slight falls in commodity prices overnight, Mr Herring said. At 1202 AEST BHP Billiton was down 34 cents to $43.21, Rio Tinto had lost 25 cents to $79.85 and Fortescue Metals was one cent lower at $6.45. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... while most other commodities were weaker. "I suspect the bigger companies will come down with what happened in the US, so BHP, Rio, the banks, even the big energy companies, Woodside and Santos, are going to come back a little bit today," he said. "I'm ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... risk back on the table," he said. "The banking sector is recovering up one per cent and materials as well." At 1210 AEST, BHP Billiton was 48 cents higher at $44.39, while Rio Tinto was up 67 cents at $81.27 and Fortescue Metals was 10 cents higher at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... leads would come from the Asian markets, particularly China and Japan, as well as corporate profit reports. At 1037 AEST, BHP Billiton was down two cents at $44.10, while Rio Tinto was up 64 cents at $81.34. The major banks were in negative territory ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... substance," Mr Heffernan said. After a flat opening, major materials stocks gained ground in morning trade. At 1203 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 26 cents to $44.17, Rio Tinto had added 44 cents to $80.69 and Fortescue was 14 cents higher to $6.47. Bank ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... overnight." Locally, materials stocks posted the biggest gains in early trade, boosted by stronger base metal prices. At 1020 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 69 cents, or 1.61 per cent, at $46.36, while Rio Tinto had added $1.30, or 1.65 per cent, to $80.02. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... a little bit of buying in resource stocks on the back of the uplift in commodities overnight," he said. Market heavyweight BHP Billiton rose 20 cents, or 0.46 per cent to $43.44, while Rio Tinto gained 37 cents, or 0.47 per cent to $79.38. Oil sector ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... declined nine cents, or 0.41 per cent, to $21.93. The major miners were in the red amid weaker commodities prices overnight. BHP Billiton was off 13 cents at $43.16, while Rio Tinto had slipped 25 cents to $78.74. In the news on Tuesday, Wesfarmers said ...