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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... Commonwealth Bank added $1.59 cents, or 3.69 per cent, to $45.51. Softer demand for industrial metals weighed on the big miners, with BHP Billiton down 28 cents to $46.22 and Rio Tinto off 46 cents to $146.06. US equity markets fell on Friday as oil ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... price shot up 18 per cent on open." Shares in Centro were 1.5 cents, or 3.19 per cent, higher at 48.5 cents at 1204 AEST. BHP Billion added $1.06, or 2.36 per cent, to $46.01 at 1204 AEST while its takeover target and rival Rio Tinto found $1.46, or ...

Bear market poses threat to mining

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... health of the market report. Lincoln chief executive Elio D'Amato said that solidly performing companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have given the sector a good faASade. But it is critical to remember there are hundreds of other companies at ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... prices generally strong, the interest generally is in the resources. As a pattern, that's what we're seeing," he said. By noon, BHP had advanced $1.07, or 2.41 per cent, to $45.49 and Rio was up $3.85, or 2.71 per cent, to $145.78. By 1201 AEST, however ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... index was up 44 points at 5,761. In equities today, Quattro Asset Management will launch its first product offering while BHP Billiton holds a petroleum briefing. Centro Properties Group will be looking to finalise details on its debt extension arrangments ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... Westpac slipping 57 cents, or 2.19 per cent, to $25.41, and Commonwealth Bank dropping 81 cents, or 1.83 per cent, to $43.39. BHP said its Neptune facility in the Gulf of Mexico was undergoing alterations to reinforce structural components in the hull's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... stocks buoyed the Australian stock market in the black at noon on climbing oil prices and takeover talks amid global miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 28.6 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 5728.9, and the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... "There is green all over the screen. "The major banks are really the ones that have given the market most of its gains today. "BHP and Rio have posted mild gains, nothing too substantial, and we're also seeing strong performances out of Wesfarmers and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... quiet day. The commodity stocks are having a breather after the falls in commodity prices last night," Mr McPherson said. BHP Billiton shed ten cents, or 0.24 per cent, to $42.17 and Rio Tinto dropped $1.58, or 1.16 per cent, to $134.50. BHP approved ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... Petroleum, GPT Group, Alumina, Cyclopharm and Henderson Group PLC. The Australian share market closed lower yesterday led by miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto after commodity prices had declined overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index declined 11.5 ...