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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... on 26 cents to $28.64 and Westpac added 29 cents to $28.64. Shares in the big miners were mixed, with takeover target Rio Tinto coming down from earlier peaks for the second day in a row. By 1203 AEDT, Rio had lost seven cents to $138.93 while its prospective ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... Mr Wacher said. "Another down day today would have really hurt the sector." Mr Wacher said the share prices of rivals Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton continued to see-saw, with the latter's shares notably dipping below $41 in morning trade, a level not seen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... on Monday after a bad Friday on Wall Street, but the losses were pared by another strong showing from takeover target Rio Tinto Ltd. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 90.4 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 6455.3 while the All Ordinaries dropped 84.1 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained in negative territory this morning, with the only bright spot miner Rio Tinto, which rebuffed a takeover proposal last week from fellow miner BHP Billiton. A lower market on Wall Street and patchy base metal prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... vote on its proposed merger with Bendigo Bank. The Australian stock market closed higher on Friday, boosted by miner Rio Tinto whose shares soared after a $272 billion takeover proposal from rival BHP Billiton Ltd. The huge bid overshadowed a solid profit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... 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 up 54.8 points to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... 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 second largest the world has seen, after mobile phone giant Vodafone's purchase of Mannesmann ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... in the US under heavy pressure." The global mining giants were both down, with BHP Billiton down $1.34 to $43.52 and Rio Tinto down 51 cents to $111.71.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... morning included Woodside Petroleum on the back of record oil prices, and the materials sector, namely BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, following strong base metals prices in London overnight. "Gold and silver were both up very strongly last night, with gold ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... points to 2,795.18. Locally, the big miners were mixed. BHP Billiton was 31 cents stronger to $44.01 while its rival Rio Tinto was 30 cents down to $108.45 at 1202 AEDT.