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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 24 points higher at 3,548 on a volume of 8,921 contracts. Rio Tinto gained $1.65 or 4.3 per cent to $40.00, while BHP Billiton put on 48 cents or 1.61 per cent to $30.36. "Rio is just ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... index contract was 31 points higher at 3,535 on a volume of 9,294 contracts. "We're seeing a small bounce in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto after what was a pretty down day for them yesterday," Shaw Stockbroking private client adviser Todd Kerslake said ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Australia's December payroll numbers no matter what the stats reveal it seems. Not to mention headlines of job shedding at RIO, ANZ, Macquarie Bank, Qantas, Ford, etc. Last month the financial press latched onto the 15,600 total jobs lost in November ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said. "With commodity markets looking gloomy, the resources sector, BHP and Rio are being slaughtered and the banks are reasonably better (by comparison), but they're still down. "It's a good day to buy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... are very low," Mr Wright said. "Resources are pretty poor and the market is very underwhelming again today." Resource giant Rio Tinto fell $1.50, or 3.63 per cent, to $39.80. Rival miner and Australia's biggest company, BHP Billiton, fell 84 cents, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... turnover at noon AEDT was 427 million shares worth $789 million, with 230 stocks up, 428 down and 234 unchanged. Resource giant Rio Tinto led the market lower, falling $2.43, or 5.53 per cent, to $41.50. Rival miner and Australia's biggest company, BHP ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... stronger base metals prices overnight, Mr Potter said. BHP shares were 74 cents, or 2.48 per cent, lower at $29.45, while Rio Tinto slid $1.50 or 3.75 per cent to $38.50. By contrast, the oil sector made gains, with Santos adding 13 cents or 0.88 per ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Bank, Qantas, Ford, etc? It could be that many businesses are still hiring but this does not make for as good a headline as 'Rio to sack 14,000 positions' and so are buried somewhere on page 3 or page 4. Certainly, the financial crisis has created additional ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said. "Volumes are fairly moderate, the resource sector is holding it up a little bit with Rio on the back of their announcement of cutting costs and jobs." Rio Tinto, which plans to slash 14,000 jobs, cut spending ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "The very strong movers have been the resources stocks with both BHP and Rio really sprinting." Rio shares rose $1.01 cents, or 3.03 per cent, to $34.36 and BHP Billiton shares lifted $1.07, or ...