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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... "The strong part of the market today is generally the financials and there is a lot of positive sentiment about BHP and Rio Tinto, which is surprising because most of the base metal prices were down last night." Mr Muller said local banking stocks were ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... down 29 points to 5171 on a volume of 7432 contracts. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped 19 cents to $25.66 and rival Rio Tinto shed 52 cents to $69.78. Michael Heffernan, senior client adviser at Austock Brokers, said the downturn was to be expected ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... $25.61. "BHP is the market leader and we're not going to be up 14 points without the BHP being up as well," he said. Rio Tinto climbed 53 cents to $69.98. In the US yesterday, the Dow briefly passed its record closing high set in January 2000, fuelled ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... resources were under pressure after weakness in some overseas markets overnight. BHP Billiton gave up 33 cents to $24.27 and Rio Tinto jettisoned 87 cents to $66.18. In the US overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 67.71 points to 11,575.81 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... index contract was 17 points down at 4972 on a volume of 10,836 contracts. BHP Billiton gained 19 cents to $24.75 while Rio Tinto put on $1.50 to $67.50. Oil and gas producer Woodside weakened six cents to $31.13. The price of gold in Sydney at 1215 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the market was in a state of wariness as some of the guiding sectors struggled. "Rio Tinto has had a small rise, but there's been some impediments with BHP and Woodside, the major banks are all down, and generally ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... forecasts for net income last night," he said. The world's largest miner BHP Billiton shed 55 cents to $24.61, while rival Rio Tinto gave back $1.52 to $65.27. Macquarie Bank provided some cheer, firming 55 cents to $65.06. But Mr Whiting warned against ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... said positive overnight movement in the metals market was helping local miners along in early trading. Mining giant Rio Tinto was up 57 cents to $65.57, while rival BHP was also up, gaining 26 cents to $25.48. US stocks finished barely changed as investors ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... sector leading the market forward. "It looks like like we've gained much of today's momentum from resources, with BHP and Rio Tinto pushing higher, and we're expecting to see that continue into the afternoon," Ms Jarvis said. "The good performance from ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
At 1212 AEST, the resources sector remained on track after stumbling yesterday, with mining giant Rio Tinto growing 61 cents to $68.00 and rival BHP Billiton moving up 20 cents to $24.86. Energy stocks were largely mixed, with Woodside Petroleum finding ...