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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... 15 cents lower at $23.96, and Westpac had fallen 17 cents at $22.48. The big two miners were higher, however. At 1211 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 20 cents at $38.52, while Rio Tinto had risen 44 cents to $73.56. The best-performing stock on the S&P/ASX50 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... miners and major retail banks were all about one per cent higher, however, outperforming the broader market. At 1206 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 36 cents, or 0.95 per cent, at $38.27, while Rio Tinto had risen $1.19, or 1.65 per cent, to $73.43. The best-performing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... energy companies." Australia's resource companies had benefitted from the ongoing strength in China's economy, Mr Taylor said. BHP Billiton was up 70 cents or 1.89 per cent at $37.75, while Rio Tinto was up $1.91, or 2.73 per cent, at $72.00. "We are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... "The Dow did not provide a very good lead and even now we are still seeing a bit of weakness," Mr Walker said from Brisbane. "BHP and Rio, along with three of the four major banks, are pulling the market back a bit." Most of the major banks were weaker ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... overshadowed the earnings season as well," he said. In the resources sector on the local bourse at 1026 AEST, global miner BHP Billiton was 37 cents lower at $37.02, and Rio Tinto backtracked 79 cents to $68.81. Among the major banks, National Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... trouble seeing the positives coming out of the negatives." Among the mining giants, Rio Tinto was down 43 cents at $69.02 and BHP Billiton dropped 36 cents at $37.08. Fortescue Metals defied the trend, gaining 15 cents, or 3.46 per cent, at $4.49, after ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail. BHP made a $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp, a bid Potash later ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... the June quarter. Equities markets are in for a big day, however. As earnings season continues, annual results are due from BHP Billiton Ltd, although the market will have to wait until after close on Wednesday afternoon for this release. Annual results ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... a lead weight around the neck of some of our major stocks. "Some of the major miners are down quite sharply this morning." BHP Billiton was 53 cents lower, or 1.4 per cent, to $37.58 and Rio Tinto was down 86 cents, or 1.2 per cent to $71.34, while Fortescue ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... Leppinus said. But the loss to the Australian Labor Party of its lower house majority had boosted some mining stocks, he said. "BHP and Rio have been very strong. There is commentary this morning that because Labor doesn't have a stranglehold it is probably ...