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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... bit of catch up after the long weekend and the market should hold its ground for the rest of the day," Ms Chan said. The mining majors advanced. BHP Billiton added $1.58, or 5.76 per cent, to $29.03 and Rio Tinto gained $2.87, or 7.54 per cent, to $40.93. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... being reflected in share prices and there are expectations these Asian economies will slow even further." At 1203 AEDT, mining giant BHP Billiton was down $1.10, or 3.77 per cent, at $28.04 while rival Rio Tinto retreated 70 cents, or 1.8 per cent, to ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... Morning Herald. The Age had 'PM's plea on jobs ignored' as it wrote about 'thousands of positions to be axed across the mining, retail and automotive sectors.' And so on. The All Ordinaries index closed more than 1 per cent higher on 19 January - the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... both for January. In equities news, Woodside Petroleum fourth quarter and annual production report, gold miner Newcrest Mining releases its second quarter production report, Petsec Energy, too, releases its fourth quarter and annual report. The Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... and nickel up," he said. Gold stocks were mixed with Lihir Gold jumping eleven cents or 4.1 per cent to $2.79, Newcrest Mining gaining $1.94 or 6.7 per cent to $30.89, but Newmont Mining easing 26 cents or 4.67 per cent to $5.31. The price of gold in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... cent, to $14.55. Higher commodity prices drove BHP Billiton shares 4.7 per cent, or $1.28, higher to $28.50 while fellow mining giant Rio Tinto advanced 97 cents, or 3.02 per cent, to $33.05. Mr Potter said Wall Street was expected to pull back from ...

Pengana wins $50m Auscoal mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
The $4.6 billion industry fund Auscoal Super has appointed a $50 million mandate with Pengana Capital. The coal-mining industry super fund invested the $50 million into the Pengana Global Volatility fund. According to Pengana, the placement follows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... halt. In Sydney, day two of both the 25th National Chartered Secretaries Australia Conference and the 10th Papua New Guinea Mining & Petroleum Investment Conference take place. On Monday, the Australian share market closed weaker as indices were knocked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for November also is due. In Sydney, the 10th Papua New Guinea Mining & Petroleum Investment Conference and the 25th National Chartered Secretaries Australia Conference get underway. ...

Snowball FUA grows $700m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... Solutions and Big Sky Credit Union signed a joint venture agreement to create Big Sky Financial Solutions to tap into the mining rich towns of South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.