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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... five per cent. The major mining stocks were lower, too, with BHP Billiton down 88 cents, or 1.98 per cent, at $43.57, and Rio Tinto was down $2.52, or 2.92 per cent, at $83.92.

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... three heads - or more - could pop up (Portugal, Spain, Italy). Investors fled risk assets big time overnight from "New York to Rio and old London town" fearing more tightening measures in Beijing and a potential contagion into other European countries ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
It's Veterans Day holiday in the United States - a day celebrating the signing of the Armistice that brought World War I to its formal end. And as the world celebrated the end of the first world war that happened nine decades and two years ago, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... that confidence flow through to our market." The miners were higher at 1217 AEDT. BHP Billiton was up 21 cents at $44.35 and Rio Tinto was $1.01 cents higher at $87.21. Fortescue Metals rose 11 cents to $6.71.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... two miserable days on Monday and Tuesday," Mr Potter said. "I think we're going to have a strong Thursday." BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were following the commodity cycle, after silver and copper hit two year highs in overnight trade, he said. The miners ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... of the banks into the miners." At 1200 AEDT, mining giant BHP Billiton was up 20 cents, or 0.44 per cent, at $45.47, while Rio Tinto was up $1.04, or 1.19 per cent, at $88.24. Fortescue Metals was up seven cents at $6.89. Mr Taylor said the second round ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... on Thursday that the Canadian government had given BHP's bid for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan an initial thumbs down. Rio Tinto Ltd was up $2.95, or 3.55 per cent, at $86.15.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... his country "at this time". Shares in BHP Billiton were up $1.07, or 2.47 per cent, at $43.70. Fellow big miners were mixed. Rio Tinto had fallen $1.02 to $82.37, while Fortescue Metals was up 16 cents at $6.65.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... results on Wednesday, was the best performer, up 44 cents, or 1.94 per cent, at $23.14. The big miners were also higher, with Rio Tinto was up 56 cents to $83.25 and BHP Billiton added 57 cents to $42.49.

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... companies have proved a deal breaker for the FIRB in the past, most notably in Chinalco's attempts to acquire a large stake in Rio Tinto. Any deal between the ASX and SGX would mirror the global trend of consolidation in the securities exchange industry. ...