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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... institutional shareholders were dumping it. In the rseources sector, global miner BHP Billiton retreated 35 cents to $47.35, and Rio Tinto stepped back 31 cents to $150.70. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum was $1.32 lower at $68.69, and Santos ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... $56.89. The big diversified miners were weaker at 1203 AEST. BHP Billiton shed 12 cents to $46.75 and its takeover target Rio Tinto dipped $1.61, to $148.44. In the US overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 227.49 points, or 1.77 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the market fell after the weakness in the US, and BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto fell on the decline in commodities. BHP fell $1.70, or 3.5 per cent, to $46.91 and Rio Tinto slipped $5.42, or 3.5 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... holding BHP. We also like Woodside, which is a good, long term company." BHP fell 62 cents, or 1.25 per cent, to $48.93 and Rio Tinto slipped $1.27, or 0.81 per cent, to $154.83. Woodside fell $2.05, or 2.95 per cent, to $67.45 and Oil Search lost seven ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... to $49.63, as speculation that a Chinese major plans to take a stake in the world's largest miner continued to circulate. Rio Tinto rose $2, or 1.29 per cent, to $157.35, after substantially upgrading its mineral resource estimate at its Kennecott Utah ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... to be going away," he said. "The markets are not believing the denial that Baosteel in China are not looking into BHP and Rio, particularly BHP. "Fortescue is also up strongly." He said BHP and Rio had put on about 26 points combined, which is about ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... to square one." The big diversified miners were mixed after hitting record intraday highs yesterday amid speculation that Rio Tinto's largest shareholder Chinalco, or another Chinese major, was preparing to take a stake in BHP Billiton. At 1202 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... apparently on comments by BHP Billiton's head that the miner may be prepared to include a cash component in its bid for rival Rio Tinto. At the same time, reports were circulating that Chinese interests may be preparing to take a stake in BHP. BHP chief ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... 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 prices hit another record high and on renewed concerns ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... 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 1.13 per cent, to $146.86. Crude oil prices surged to new highs above $US123.00 overnight but local energy ...