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Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Telstra was up 6.5 cents to $6.265. The major miners were also higher following a sharp rise in iron ore prices on Friday. Rio Tinto was up 79 cents to $57.54, BHP Billiton was 30 cents higher at $29.55 and Fortescue Metals added 7.5 cents to $2.185. ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... the market's not falling in a hole." BHP Billiton was up 38 cents at $29.62, its spinoff South32 was steady at $2.37, Rio Tinto had gained 72 cents to $57.62 and Fortescue Metals was two cents higher at $2.14. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... economy. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was up 30 cents at $29.12, its spinoff South32 had added six cents to $2.42, Rio Tinto had gained 65 cents to $56.68, while Fortescue Metals was down one cent at $2.06. Some of the strongest gains came in the ...

Miners weigh on share market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower, pulled back by weakness among resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said market heavyweights BHP and Rio were lower because iron ore and oil ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Australia Bank was down 15 cents at $33.85. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was down 40 cents at $29.73, Rio Tinto was off 58 cents at $56.87, BHP spin-off South32 was up 23 cents at $2.28, and Fortescue Metals had dipped three cents ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... she said. South32 began trading at noon at $2.18. BHP shares were down $2.11, or 6.49%, to $30.38. Fellow mining giant Rio Tinto was down 17 cents to $57.93, while Fortescue Metals was flat at $2.295. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth shed $1.09 ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... still have had a 40% drop in iron ore in 12 months." At 1200 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 30 cents, or 0.94%, at $32.27 and Rio Tinto gained 31 cents, or 0.54%, to $58.01, while pure iron ore player Fortescue Metals was down four cents, or 1.73%, at $2.27. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... at $83.39. Westpac was down 78 cents to $33.28, after going ex-dividend. BHP Billiton gained three cents to $32.56, Rio Tinto fell 41 cents to $58.84 and Fortescue Metals was down two cents to $2.59. KEY FACTS * At 1044 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... by 20 per cent. Mining giant BHP Billiton gained 53.5 cents, or almost 1.7 per cent, to $32.355 in early trade, while Rio Tinto was 71 cents higher to $59.33 and Fortescue Metals lifted three cents, or more than one per cent, to $2.60. Oil and gas giant ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... morning," he said. Mining giant BHP Billiton gained 60 cents, or almost two per cent, to $31.92 in early trade, while Rio Tinto was 62 cents higher to $59.06 and Fortescue Metals lifted 10 cents, or more than four per cent, to $2.60. Oil and gas giant ...