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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 110 points higher at 6465 on a volume of 10,077 contracts. BHP Billiton Ltd surged $1.60 or 3.97 per cent to $41.87 and Rio Tinto Ltd gained $9.09 or 7.08 per cent to $137.49.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... Rudd wins I don't think there will be much difference, I think we'll just keep travelling along as we are." At 1205 AEDT, BHP Billiton Ltd was 20 cents lower to $40.24 and Rio Tinto Ltd was down 11 cents to $128.66. The US stock exchange was closed for ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... far today," Mr Land said. Resources stocks took a hit after oil and all metals bar gold were down overnight. At 1207 AEDT, BHP Billiton Ltd was 85 cents lower to $40.20 and Rio Tinto Ltd had dropped $2.97 to $127.93. US stocks lost 1.6 per cent after ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... have also buoyed our market a little bit." At 1204 AEDT, the two mining giants were in up after taking a bath yesterday, with BHP Billiton Ltd 87 cents higher to $41.17 while Rio Tinto Ltd added 20 cents to $132.10. Overnight, US stock indices turned ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... together on the one day. "That has resulted in our market being down 1.9 per cent." The two mining giants, Rio Tinto Ltd and BHP Billiton Ltd, reflected the falls in base metals and dragged the market down, Mr Walker said. "You have BHP, which is contributing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... resources sector as the major drivers behind the market today. Takeover fever added weight to mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Rio was up $4.69, or 3.57 per cent, to $135.90, while suitor BHP was up 82 cents, or 1.99 per cent, to $41.97. Investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... featuring talks by representatives of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Rio Tinto Iron Ore, BHP Billiton, and Alcoa. The Australian share market ended one per cent lower on Friday for the second straight day as the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... "Looking into the US tonight and Europe I think they will head into negative territory again." Mr Vaughan said resources giant BHP Billiton, which has approach Rio Tinto about a proposed merger, was stronger at noon despite lower base metal prices over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... Thursday, weighed down by a production downgrade by oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum and falls in potential merger partners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The banks were also a drag on the market, which got off to a bad start after concerns about the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... Nasdaq Composite Index fell 29.33 points to 2,644.32. At 1207 AEDT, the market's two most talked about stocks, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, both were down. Rio had fallen 90 cents to $136.60, while suitor BHP was down 12 cents to $42.08. Rio announced ...