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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... that its record annual profit may not be repeated due to volatile financial markets. The miners also fell after industrial metals prices declined overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 15.7 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 5933.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
The Australian share market has had a positive lead from Wall Street, but lower metals prices in London could prove a dampener today. At 0740 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 15 points at 5,956. In economics news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... exchange, the June share price index futures contract increased 40 points to 5,993 on a volume of 7,135 contracts. Industrial metals rose on the back of supply concerns in London, giving the mining stocks an early boost. Ord Minnett research director ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
The Australian share market continued its run higher at midday, as a rise in industrial metals boosted resources and more talk of the Chinese taking a stake in BHP Billiton pushed its share price up to $50 - the highest on record. At 1205 AEST, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was marginally higher at noon after a uninspired opening due to weaker base metals prices in London. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 5,894.7 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas overnight, with Wall Street up but base metals down in London. But in Sydney, the futures index was up. At 0805 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up eleven ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... and federal budget spends also provided support. "The market has shot up thanks to BHP (and Rio)," he said. Higher base metals prices in London also helped the global miners. By 1215 AEST, BHP had climbed $2.22, or 4.84 per cent, to $48.00 and Rio Tinto ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today, with Wall Street and base metals in London offering positive leads overnight, and the SPI futures index in Sydney up strongly. At 0741 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... per cent, to $23.65 and Commonwealth Bank added $1.59 cents, or 3.69 per cent, to $45.51. Softer demand for industrial metals weighed on the big miners, with BHP Billiton down 28 cents to $46.22 and Rio Tinto off 46 cents to $146.06. US equity markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, with Wall Street and base metals in London offering negative leads on Friday, and the SPI futures index in Sydney down slightly. At 0752 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share ...