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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... 17 stocks up for every 10 that had fallen at noon. At 1207 AEST, the best performing stock on the S&P/ASX20 was miner Rio Tinto, which was up 2.61 per cent, or $1.61, at $63.41. Financial services provider AMP was the next best, rising 2.57 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... 5.3 per cent, or $1.32, at $23.57, after the stock went ex-dividend on Monday. Just behind Westpac were major miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton respectively. Rio was off 4.49 per cent, or $3.05, at $64.95, while BHP backpedalled 3.55 per cent, or $1.37 ...

Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... report. The adoption of the Standard & Poor's index structure in 2002 impacted the resources sector. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto represent more than half the ASX 200 Resources Index. Given this, the report said fund managers might be reluctant to venture ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... market. "I don't think it will make much difference to the market," he said. Mining giant BHP fell 34 cents to $38.66 and Rio Tinto dropped 47 cents to $68.33.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... - had driven the local bourse higher. BHP Billiton had jumped $1.21, or 3.23 per cent, to $38.71 at 1203 AEST while Rio Tinto was up $2.62, or 4.03 per cent, at $67.60. Among key bank stocks at 1205 AEST, Westpac was up 65 cents, or 2.69 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... 4.66 per cent, to $24.97. Mining stocks were also lower. BHP Billiton was down 82 cents, or 2.12 per cent, at $37.92, Rio Tinto had fallen $1.71, or 2.5 per cent, to $66.57 and Fortescue Metals was nine cents, or 2.09 per cent, weaker at $4.22.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... tax review." On the local bourse in the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton fell 59 cents to $38.00, and rival Rio Tinto sagged 51 cents to $66.55. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum weakened $1.04 to $44.20, and Santos eased 22 cents to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... unable to offset a much weaker resources sector. BHP Billiton had lost 67 cents, or 1.69 per cent, to $38.86, rival Rio Tinto had shed $1.81, or 2.62 per cent, to $67.19 and Fortescue Metals was down 23 cents, or 5.24 per cent, to 4.16. Austock Securities ...

Russell launches dividend ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... deliver high dividends. The portfolio contains Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac and NAB and some small weighting to Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Amanda Skelly, director of product development at Russell, said the portfolio is designed to deliver ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... unknown. "So a lot of these pure plays are being heavily sold off," Mr Weston said. Resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto clawed back some of their sharp losses at the open, with BHP trading down $1.06, or 2.6 per cent, at $39.69. Rio was down ...