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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... increased 18 cents, or 4.2 per cent, to $4.46 and Alumina rose three cents to $1.60. Incitec Pivot, which makes explosives for mining, jumped 16 cents, or 5.4 per cent, to $3.10. The big miners were moderately higher, with BHP Billiton up 29 cents at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... inched higher on positive corporate news, with gains limited by mixed economic data from the United States. In London, mining issues led the way, powered by a new record for gold prices. The FTSE 100 index gained 40.85 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 5,364.81. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... rest of the week." Mr Kimber said BHP Billiton's shares had lifted after speculation Chinalco would sell its stake in the mining giant was dismissed as rumour. By 1205 AEDT, BHP Billiton rose 50 cents, or 1.24 per cent, to $40.73 while its mining rival ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... stocks, Coles owner Wesfarmers was 28 cents weaker at $29.47 while Woolworths had gained nine cents to $28.17. However the mining giants both down. BHP Billiton dropped six cents to $40.40 while its mining rival Rio Tinto was 60 cents lower at $73.18 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was up more than half of one per cent at noon, as gains in the mining and retail sectors offset weakness in some bank and energy stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 35 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4720.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... Bank Ltd group chief executive Cameron Clyne addresses the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, and, in Perth, Dominion Mining Ltd and Moly Mines Ltd hold annual general meetings. On Friday, Australian stocks ended the week lower with falls across the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... markets rallied on Monday on signs of a strengthening recovery in the Japanese and US economies as well as a boost to the mining sector from higher metals prices and a weak dollar. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 86.29 points, or 1.63 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
The Australian share market was up more than half a per cent at noon, buoyed by mining and retail stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 4,737.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... Securities Exchange at 1100 AEDT. In Australia on Thursday, the share market closed marginally lower despite strong gains in the mining sector, particularly gold stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 9.1 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,747.9 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Heffernan said. "It's a bit of a pot pourri of stocks that are doing well," he said. "Resources and banks are doing well." Mining giant BHP Billiton added 57 cents, or 1.46 per cent, to $39.67, while rival Rio Tinto jumped $1.42 or 2.08 to $70.02. Australia's ...