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All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... exports lopped 2.4 percentage points off growth in the March quarter. Certainly disruptions to production, shipping and mining operations caused by the floods and cyclone - and the Japanese earthquake -- contributed to this but the dearer Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... in Sydney was $US1,538.90 per fine ounce, up $US3.42 from from Monday's local close of $US1,534.98. Gold miner Newcrest Mining was 49 cents higher at $39.70. At 1220 AEST, national turnover was 911.46 million securities worth $1.69 million, with 544 ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... positive in the end. I can't helped but be intrigued by its headline, "Economy looks likely to shrink, led by a slump in mining profits." Paragraph after paragraph tried to convince me that, "it's bad, it's bad, you know it". It talked about the 2 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... of gold in Sydney was US$1,527 per fine ounce, up $3 from Wednesday's close of $US1,524. Shares in gold miner Newcrest Mining were up 76 cents, or 2.02 per cent at $38.38. Mr Leppinus said the banking sector was attracting interest on improved dividend ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... of gold in Sydney was $US1,517.30 per ounce, up $US10.47 from Monday's closing level of $US1,506.83 per ounce. Newcrest Mining was down seven cents at $37.98, while Kingsgate Consolidated was 27 cents higher, at $7.83. Mr Russell said barring any sort ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... $44.20. Rio Tinto slipped three cents to $80.22 as it said it had priced $US2 billion ($A1.88 billion) of fixed rate bonds. Mining services provider NRW Holdings improved six cents to $2.68 as it was awarded a $158 million 12-month contract in the Pilbara ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... fetching 105.98 US cents at 1205 AEST. BHP Billiton was down $1.07, or 2.36 per cent, at $44.23 at 1205 AEST while fellow mining giant Rio Tinto backtracked $1.67, or 2.05 per cent, to $79.78. Fortescue Metals declined 16 cents, or 2.47 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... on the London stock index, Europe's largest, was the oil and gas sector, with oil prices dropping, according to Hewson. Mining stocks were also effected as other commodities, including copper prices, fell. Elsewhere on European bourses most of the movement ...

Janus sifts through sectors for EM value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... companies in each sector, wherever they may by based. The best brewery company may now be found in Brazil, the best copper mining firm in Mongolia or the most prolific manufacturer in Saudi Arabia, said Chammas. "You have to treat emerging markets with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... Incitec Pivot Ltd reports its first half results. BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser is scheduled to address a Melbourne Mining Club luncheon. On Friday, Australian shares closed marginally weaker despite recovering from earlier lows caused by step falls ...