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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... for the iron ore and coal stocks," Mr Leppinus said. At 1200 AEST shares in BHP were up 31 cents at $38.21 while rival Rio Tinto had gone up 79 cents at $72.37. Iron ore specialist Fortescue, whose chief executive Andrew Forrest was critical of the proposed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Saskatchewan was also weighing the market down. Shares in BHP were down 50 cents at $37.80 by 1210 AEST. Fellow mining giant Rio Tinto had dropped $1.65, or 2.25 per cent, at $71.53 and Fortescue Metals was down six cents at $4.58.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... its takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp. "Analysts are questioning whether it is the best move for BHP," she said. Rio Tinto was weaker on the back of weaker metals trading in London overnight. By 1206 AEST, BHP Billiton shares were down 40 cents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... and said it would target underlying earnings growth of up to 15 per cent. BHP Billiton firmed two cents to $40.02 and Rio Tinto gained 36 cents to $71.18. Major banks reversed course during the morning and were trading around 0.4 per cent higher. Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... Australian Stock Report resources analyst Stan Shamu said a key reason for the turnaround in trading had been miner Rio Tinto saying it was comfortable with the proposed resource rent tax. "One of the main reasons for the miners being stronger was Rio ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... materials sector is performing a bit better." BHP Billiton was up 31 cents, or 0.76 per cent, at $40.99 by 1211 AEST, while Rio Tinto was up 73 cents, or one per cent, at $73.57. The major banks were mixed. ANZ had risen 11 cents to $23.25, CBA was up ...

Mid-Morning Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... with miners outperforming the broader market. BHP Billiton was up 76 cents, or 1.89 per cent, at $41.06, while rival Rio Tinto had advanced $1.57, or 2.21 per cent, to $72.72. Rio was the second best performing stock on the S&P/ASX50 behind investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... on the S&P/ASX50 in red figures at 1018 AEST. One of those was BHP Billiton, down five cents at $40.07. Rival miner Rio Tinto had advanced 29 cents to $70.90. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down a slender 0.01 per cent, the S&P ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... Macquarie Group up 14 cents at $39.88. Resources stocks were up a little, with market heavyweight BHP Billiton and rival Rio Tinto both up about a quarter of a per cent.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... by the miners and the banks. BHP Billiton was up 1.71 per cent at 1212 AEST, by 67 cents at $39.55, while its rival, Rio Tinto Ltd, experienced a comparable rise, up by $1.17 at $69.40. The major banks were up by as much as 2.5 per cent, led by Commonwealth ...