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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... resources sector was buoying the market after base metals prices rose on Friday night, with copper gaining 6.5 per cent. Mining giant BHP Billiton had surged $1.25, or 3.88 per cent, to $33.48 at 1203 AEDT, while rival Rio Tinto was up $2.67, or 5.71 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said recent institutional placements by Suncorp, Qantas, Westfield and Newcrest mining were draining cash from the market. "The banks are getting belted," he said. "The market is looking pretty terrible from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... Nonfemet Co Ltd. In Australia on Wednesday, the share market closed firmly in the red, weighed down by the property and mining sectors. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 70.8 points, or 2.02 per cent, at 3,437.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The Australian share market had lost ground by noon, restrained by falling gold stocks and the mining sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.3 points or 0.81 per cent at 3480.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index gave up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... HGL Ltd holds its annual general meeting. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd chief executive Andrew Forrest addresses Melbourne Mining Club. The Australian share market closed lower on Monday after weakness among the big banks and global miner BHP Billiton and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... HGL Ltd holds its annual general meeting. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd chief executive Andrew Forrest addresses Melbourne Mining Club. The Australian share market closed lower on Monday after weakness among the big banks and global miner BHP Billiton and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... Woodside Petroleum adding 32 cents or 0.9 per cent to $35.70 and Lihir Gold off five cents or 1.6 per cent to $3.08. Newmont Mining rose eight cents or 1.29 per cent to $6.27. Spot gold was trading in Sydney at $US924.10 per fine ounce, up $US18.30 on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was in the red at noon with lower base metals prices overnight weighing on mining stocks and as profit takers capitalised on solid gains earlier in the week. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.7 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... said BHP Billiton's surging share price explained much of the domestic market's gains. "They are probably the preferred mining stock at the moment," he said. The mining giant was up $1.30, or 4.36 per cent, at $31.15 at 1206 AEDT while its debt-laden ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... deterioration of the US housing market. At 1208 AEDT, Rio Tinto had lost $2.04, or 4.84 per cent, to $40.15 while fellow mining giant BHP Billiton had advanced six cents to $29.39.