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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... $1.02, to $21.98. Gold stocks were among the only green spots in a sea of red, with Australia's biggest gold miner Newcrest Mining the only stock in the top 20 trading higher, up 11 cents to $39.97. AngloGold Ashanti was 30 cents, or 3.5 per cent, higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... gains and close about 30 points higher. Gold stocks were the biggest movers, with Australia's biggest gold miner Newcrest Mining up 79 cents, or two per cent, to $40.34. Perseus Mining Ltd was also trading 11 cents, or 2.8 per cent higher at $4.00, with ...

Investors look for business activity signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... adjustments or are exploiting the opportunities will be well worth considering, such as companies providing services to the mining industry, or banks that are providing the funding. Hershan said another sector worth watching is REITs, especially trusts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... price of gold in Sydney was $US1,837.70 per fine ounce, down $1.05 from Wednesday's local close of $US1,838.75. Newcrest Mining had fallen six cents to $39.47, while Kingsgate Consolidated was down 13 cents at $8.82. Mr Walker said the direction of the ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... tradespeople, combined with a wages push as building groups fight to keep workers from being enticed over to the lucrative mining sector, only make them longer. The economic fall-out is easy to foresee. House prices will explode skywards, there will ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... today that Treasury believe it was really former prime minister Kevin Rudd who saved Australia from the GFC and not the mining industry, but before we get too excited the analysis simply confirms that we don't just have a two-speed economy as we also ...

REITS, cash, equities the safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... with resources adding real value to the power of Australia's output to build the nation's wealth. "But at the same time, mining investment is actually creating significant inflationary pressures due to our constrained economy," Needham told delegates. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... American Association lunch. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed slightly higher, with late gains in financial and mining stocks helping the bourse out of earlier negative territory. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.3 points, or 0.64 ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... industries and slowdown economic restructuring to prevent Australia positioning itself to exploit its comparative advantages in mining, energy, high value manufactures, and services like education and finance - all of which derive much more national ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Exploration, Goodman Fielder, Kingsgate Consolidated, all announce full year results. Macquarie Atlas Roads and Resolute Mining announce their first half results. In Australia, the market on Friday closed down, ending a flat day of trading ahead of a ...