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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... was $US1,659.9 per fine ounce, up $US26.10 from Monday's close of $US1,633.88. Australia's biggest gold miner Newcrest Mining was among one of the only green spots on the market, up 38 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $33.94. Health care stocks took the brunt ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... German vote. Woodside Petroleum rose 21 cents to $32.35 and Santos added 18 cents to $11.45. Materials rose 0.36 per cent. Mining giant Rio Tinto fell 80 cents or 1.3 per cent to $61.65 after announcing it had bought 500,000 of its own shares. Fellow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... London's FTSE-100 also rose after the German vote but in the end was dragged down 0.40 per cent to 5,196.84 points by weak mining stocks. The European single currency climbed to $US1.3626 from $US1.3536 late in New York on Wednesday. The US dollar rose ...

Westpac launches virtual planning service

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... Westpac launched its first virtual financial planning service, linking Sydney-based planners to residents in a lucrative mining district. Using video-link and real-time technology, the service connects planners to customers in the Karratha region in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... 4,038.1. Materials, which closed 3.9 per cent lower on Monday, were leading the market at noon, trading 4.01 per cent higher. Mining giant Rio Tinto gained $2.89 to $63.09 after it increased its stake in Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines to 49 per cent while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... giant Woolworths gained 1.2 per cent to $24.86 after it forecast a two- to six-per cent increase in this year's net profit. Mining giant Rio Tinto shed 0.78 per cent to $62.16 after announcing it had purchased 600,000 of its own shares. Fellow miner ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... was up three cents, or 1.45 per cent, at $2.10, and JB Hi-Fi was 32 cents higher, up 2.15 per cent, at $15.22. The big mining companies were down slightly, with BHP Billiton down 12 cents at $36.68 and Rio Tinto down eight cents at $68.82. The spot price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... Open Market Committee two-day meeting, beginning on Tuesday (US time). Materials were hardest hit, falling 1.4 per cent. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped 59 cents or 1.6 per cent to $37.01, with fellow miner Rio Tinto down $1.08 to $69.12. The energy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... strike action that could disrupt flights for up to 48 hours. RIO - RIO TINTO LTD - up $1.03, or 1.5 per cent, at $69.38 Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest $US833 million ($A813.00 million) in infrastructure to help it increase iron ore production in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... 17 cents, or 4.9 per cent, at $$3.63. Hearing aid maker Cochlear was the worst, falling $1.30, or 2.5 per cent, to $50. Mining giant Rio Tinto gained $1.02, or 1.5 per cent, to $69.37 after it announced it would invest $US833 million ($A813.00 million) ...