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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... retreated 48 cents to $23.66, and Commonwealth Bank surrendered 63 cents to $51.42. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was off 13 cents at $39.24, and Rio Tinto sagged 18 cents at $77.08. Securities in coal explorer Coalspur Mines were ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... local market are all pointing to strength in the short to medium term." Mr McCarthy said the miners were driving gains, with BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Newcrest doing most of the heavy lifting. BHP Billiton was up 41 cents, or 1.04 per cent, at $39.84 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... was prepared to act if the tepid economic recovery cooled further. At 1208 AEST in the local resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was up 21 cents at $39.11. Potash Corp of Saskatchewan asked a US court on Wednesday to block a $US39 billion ($A40.93 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... the December share price index contract was 25 points higher at 4,654 points on a volume of 11,384 contracts. At 1202 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 36 cents, or 0.93 per cent, at $39.11, while Rio Tinto was $1.36 higher, or 1.84 per cent, at $75.15. Among ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... after commodities prices took a breather overnight and financials are also down, correcting yesterday's rise." At 1203 AEST, BHP Billiton was down 41 cents at $39.03, Rio Tinto was 81 cents lower at $74.49 and Fortescue Metals was 11 cents, or 2.19 per ...

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Marius Kloppers, chief executive officer of BHP Billiton, discussed at a key industry event yesterday the impending impact of a global carbon price being set and what effect this will have on companies such as BHP Billiton. "Economies like ours, with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... metal prices on the London Metals Exchange overnight were all up between 0.3 per cent and 1.3 per cent. In the mining sector, BHP Billiton was up nine cents at $39.14, Rio Tinto had put on four cents to $75.19 and Alumina Ltd had risen seven cents, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... other cyclical stocks are in favour, with mining, energy and finance stocks still doing quite well." Among mining stocks, BHP Billiton was up 48 cents at $39.04 at 1207 AEST, Rio Tinto had gained 41 cents to $75.71 and Fortescue Metals Group had put ...

More governance needed on remuneration

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... median CEO total pay in 2006. The research also found that while the likes of Frank Lowy (Westfield Group) and Marius Kloppers (BHP) numbered among the top five most well paid CEOs, outgoing Perpetual chief executive David Deverall and Greg Goodman from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... and the Australian dollar has risen to 93 US cents, a five-month high," Ms Saly said. Among the major miners at 1202 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 57 cents, or 1.5 per cent, at $38.53, while Rio Tinto had gained 99 cents, or 1.33 per cent, to $75.24. The ...