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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... slight dip in the oil price overnight. BHP Billiton had gained 20 cents to $43.95 at 1207 AEST, while fellow mining giant Rio Tinto had fallen 28 cents to $79.72, after saying it is negotiating with its customers to supply iron ore priced on quarterly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... Newcrest and Lihir." At 1205 AEST, the world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton, was down 88 cents, or 1.97 per cent, at $43.69, while Rio Tinto had dropped 76 cents to $80.10. US stocks slid on Wednesday, with losses piling up in a late-session sell-off ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... through with real depth," Mr McCarthy said. "What's impressive is (that) it's not the big cap stocks that are shining. BHP, Rio and the four major banks are all quite steady, (but) the performance is coming from the broader market itself. "It's the mid ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent. The world's largest miner BHP Billiton was up 88 cents, or two per cent, at $44.83, while Rio Tinto was up $1.21, or 1.52 per cent, at $80.81.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... takeover bid from US-based Peabody Energy. In the majors, BHP Billiton was up 38 cents, or 0.87 per cent, at $43.97, while Rio Tinto had added $1.14, or 1.45 per cent, to $79.54.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... up 6.33 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 2,410.69 points. Locally, resources giant BHP Billiton fell 15 cents to $44.26, while Rio Tinto added 49 cents or 0.62 per cent to $79.74.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... backfoot and industrials are a bit mixed." Resources giant BHP Billiton gained 57 cents, or 1.31 per cent, to $43.95, while Rio Tinto added 87 cents or 1.11 per cent to $79.26. In news on Tuesday, BHP Billiton is seen to have had a "significant win" ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head of Rio Tinto's Shanghai office) and three of his Rio Tinto colleagues. Yes, the world watched... and watched... and watched. The ...

Clime doubles cash holding

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... because these stocks benefit from a high local currency and a strong economy. The portfolio also invests in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, despite murmurings of a Chinese bubble. He said he would rather have a growth bubble, which China might be in, than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... from the group's building products and aluminium operations due to its potential impact on asbestos disease compensation. Rio Tinto Ltd executive Stern Hu is expected to know his fate at about 1700 AEDT on Monday, when a Shanghai court is due to rule ...