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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... contracts. Copper prices fell to four-month lows on the London Metal Exchange on Friday, dragging down the price of other metals with it. The falls rattled resource stocks, with BHP Billiton shedding 90 cents to $27.03 despite reporting that it had acquired ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... Nasdaq Composite Index gained 13.71 points to close at 2,389.72. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index ended down as falling metals prices hit mining stocks and pharmaceutical companies suffered continued fallout from the US midterm election result. The ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... Billiton was 57 cents poorer at $27.58, and Rio Tinto dumped $1.44 to $77.91, on the back of softer prices for most base metals. BHP Billiton said at its annual general meeting in London overnight that with an encouraging demand outlook for commodities ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... the index." BHP Billiton surged early, but once news filtered through that it posted steep production declines in several metals and minerals on scheduled shut-downs, the stock slipped. At 1200 it was trading six cents weaker at $27.82 and was the second ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
The Australian share market was stronger at noon with the big miners leading the way upward on the back of stronger metals prices overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 40.6 points stronger at 5239.7 while the all ordinaries gained 39.5 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... tracked Wall Street shares, which are around record highs. With oil consolidating around $US63 a barrel and gold and base metals rising in its wake, the resources-weighted FTSE index added 41.2 points, or 0.69 per cent, to close at 5,971.3 points, extending ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... the following year. This follows earnings growth of 21 per cent to June of this year. RBA data shows that while the base metals index increased by 59 per cent, non-rural commodity prices rose only 23 per cent. In the US sales of existing homes decreased ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... and Gold which has now fallen by about 20 per cent since May of this year when it reached a 26 year high. However, base metals, although lower than record levels reached recently, are still holding their price reasonably well. In the last week copper ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... all-important diversified miners as well as some of the finance stocks." Mr Land also said positive overnight movement in the metals market was helping local miners along in early trading. Mining giant Rio Tinto was up 57 cents to $65.57, while rival ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... Exchange. The Australian share market finished weaker yesterday with the big miners leading the market lower after a drop in metals and oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 72.3 points to 5026.0 points while the all ordinaries dropped below ...