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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... Equities. "We've been sort of mesmerised by the headlines of Tricom, Rams, Allco and other netherworld dwellers and BHP and Rio get a small article on page five as it were. "Hopefully we'll get things into perspective soon and look to our leading stocks ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... helped resources stocks. Mining giant BHP Billiton added $1.36, or 3.81 per cent, to 37.06 and the company it wants to buy, Rio Tinto, rose $3.64, or 3.21 per cent, to $117.21 as the February 6 deadline for BHP to make a formal takeover bid looms. Woolworths ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... London Metal Exchange were stable, generally rising a little. But this morning, BHP Billiton dipped 44 cents to $36.36, while Rio Tinto lost $2.03 to $116.47 and bauxite miner Alumina fell seven cents to $5.21. On Friday, Rio Tinto announced a joint ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... that involuntary selling that was going on. At 1217 AEDT, BHP Billiton climbed $1.26 cents, or 3.62 per cent, to $36.08 and Rio Tinto found $5.57, or 5.14 per cent, to $114.04. Rio said it had formed a joint venture with the world's largest copper producer ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... to $33.93 and Westpac was 33 cents more expensive at $25.55. BHP Billiton climbed 38 cents, or 1.12 per cent, to $34.27 and Rio Tinto found $3.98, or 3.75 per cent, to $109.99. US stocks recovered from a poor start overnight to surge over two per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... cut, helping the big miners. At 1212 AEDT, BHP Billiton had risen $2.76, or 8.9 per cent, to $33.76 while takeover target Rio Tinto had found $6.47, or 6.41 per cent, to $107.47.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... US, on fears of a US recession. The German exchange lost 7.16 per cent and while French stocks fell 6.83 per cent. At home, Rio Tinto was down $9.79, or 8.57 per cent, to $104.46 and BHP Billiton had fallen $1.49, or 4.48 per cent, to $31.80 at 1218 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... Woolworths but aside from that, everything else is pretty flat. "Any company that is flat is probably doing quite well." Shares in Rio Tinto have settled back down from a spike seen on Friday when rumours of a sweetened takeover bid by rival BHP Billiton ...

Market wrap - midday

... Commonwealth Bank gave away 14 cents to $52.60. The big miners capped gains, with BHP Billiton falling 64 cents to $36.88 and Rio Tinto shedding $1.66 to $121.30. US equity markets had a volatile session overnight. Stocks initially fell following a poor ...

Russell adds Plato

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Fund's total fund assets of $712 million with major holding's in BHP Billiton, National Australia Bank, QBE Insurance Group and Rio Tinto. Its market exposure includes 33.8 per cent exposure to financials excluding property trusts, 23.17 per cent in ...