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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Colin Barnett addresses the Australian Pipeline Industry Association lunch on `Developing WA-Getting the Balance Right'. Miner Rio Tinto Ltd opens its Brockman 4 iron ore mine at Tom Price, also in WA. In Melbourne, Avexa Ltd holds an extraordinary general ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... 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 very leveraged towards China, and Chinese growth is still moving ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... 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 at 1200 ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... 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 Bank shed 29 cents to $22.72, Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... long recovery. "(Investors are) having 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... Ltd, Tatts Group Ltd, and Skilled Group Ltd. Half year results are due from Santos Ltd and Iluka Resources Ltd. In Brisbane, Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese addresses the Australian Institute of Company Directors. On Wednesday, Australian shares ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... 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 Metals Group fell 12 cents or 2.6 per cent to 4.52.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... 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 a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Saskatchewan was also weighing the market down. Shares in BHP were down 50 cents at $37.80 by 1210 AEST. Fellow mining giant Rio Tinto had dropped $1.65, or 2.25 per cent, at $71.53 and Fortescue Metals was down six cents at $4.58.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... light of its takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp. "Analysts are questioning whether it is the best move for BHP," she said. Rio Tinto was weaker on the back of weaker metals trading in London overnight. By 1206 AEST, BHP Billiton shares were down ...