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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
The Australian share market remained in positive territory at noon following last night's takeover bid by miner BHP Billiton for rival Rio Tinto. At 1219 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 37.9 points to 6559.5 while the All Ordinaries was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... market is expected to open trading higher this morning, with anticipated impact on the mining sector after BHP Billiton last night announced it had made a STG120 billion ($A272.05 billion) takeover bid for Rio Tinto. If successful, the bid could be the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... moment," he said. "It has sold off across all sectors, but mainly the banking sector on the back of a sell off in the US last night with the financial sector in the US under heavy pressure." The global mining giants were both down, with BHP Billiton ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... and Rio Tinto, following strong base metals prices in London overnight. "Gold and silver were both up very strongly last night, with gold touching $US828 per ounce," Mr Wacher said. "People are still fairly cautious about whether the US sub-prime issues ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... "News Corporation is a stand out because of the writer's strike in the US and also approaching their reporting on Wednesday night in the US. "The healthcare sector is surprisingly lower, with CSL losing a bit of ground." Ms Roadley said an increase in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... stock market has received a negative lead from Wall Street, and from London where metal prices tumbled across the board last night. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the December Share Price Index was up 32 points to 6699. Today ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... Street overnight had boosted the bourse, along with an improvement in the price of oil. "The oil prices dropped again last night, so we've had three nights of falls in the oil price that's come back almost five per cent from last Friday, so a little ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... crash in 1987 so it is a bit hard to tell exactly what is happening... but my gut feel is that we're going to get another night or two of this volatility yet." US stocks tumbled over 2.6 per cent on Friday after the world's biggest construction and mining ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... that the US economy is proving resilient to the credit crunch," she said. The US Commerce Department reported on Friday night that retail sales in September jumped by a better than expected 0.6 per cent. The increase, spurred on by car sales gains, was ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... market had been softer this morning, with mining stocks taking a hit. "The oil prices and commodity prices were soft last night," Mr Vaughan said. "One of the main driving forces over this week will be Thursday's domestic employment numbers, which will ...