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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... six cents or 0.9 per cent to $6.58. Market heavyweight BHP Billiton was 18 cents, or 0.42 per cent, lower at $42.78, while Rio Tinto gained 30 cents, or 0.38 per cent to $79.59. Gold major Newcrest Mining declined 62 cents, or 1.62 per cent, to $37.74. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... 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 Metcash posted a six per cent rise in annual profit, but says ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... 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, and zinc prices fell on the London Metals Exchange on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... 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. Bank stocks were higher but still well ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... sooner than his revised October prediction. And by the looks of yesterday's massive equity market sell-off from New York to Rio and old London town, it has already dawned. The signs are gushing forth - one after the other. Let me count the ways: Global ...

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
... 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 $6.50. Mr Herring said the market had been "uncommitted" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... 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, with Commonwealth down 31 cents at $50.66 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... 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 stocks remained mixed, with ANZ and Westpac ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... 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. Gold stocks also gained ground, after gold hit a three-week high in overnight ...