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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... Composite Index added 3.02 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 2,608.37. Better commodities prices overnight lifted the miners, with BHP Billiton gaining 25 cents to $35.14, and Rio Tinto 91 cents to $99.27. In mining sector news, Consolidated Minerals Ltd ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... major miners clawing back some of yesterday's losses. Rio Tinto gained 99 cents to $96.74 while the world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton, advanced 31 cents to $34.51.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... of end of financial year machinations that the market is not down more." Commodity price falls hit the major miners, with BHP Billiton off 26 cents to $34.55. Rio Tinto withdrew further from last week's $100-plus record, down 72 cents to $97.57.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... 0.32 per cent, at 1,497.74. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 11.88 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 2,577.08. At 1018 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 11 cents to $35.05 while Rio Tinto had declined 26 cents to $98.25.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... kick it up a little bit." Stronger commodities prices overseas failed to lift the miners out of the general market slump. BHP Billiton was trading 45 cents lower at $34.93, and rival Rio Tinto lost 85 cents to $98.05.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... Trading Summit will begin in Sydney. On the local market on Friday, a record intra-day high from the world's biggest miner BHP Billiton was not enough to stop the bourse going backwards. The Australian market bucked an upward lead from Wall Street to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... 2,616.96. Base metal prices were poor, with nickel the only bright spot on a bleak horizon. Australia's largest nickel miner, BHP Billiton, profited from that, rising 41 cents to $35.49, while rival Rio Tinto shed 48 cents to $99.02.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... the Australian stock exchange. The Australian share market finished lower yesterday after a weak US lead, with mining giant BHP Billiton among only a handful of companies to book gains. The bluechip S&P/ASX200 index dropped 9.9 to 6387 and the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... downward path in losing another three per cent, after shedding seven per cent on Tuesday. Australia's largest nickel miner, BHP Billiton, slid six cents to $34.49, while rival Rio Tinto shed 69 cents to $99.90.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... overnight which affected the major miners with nickel the biggest drop in losing seven per cent. The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton, dropped 22 cents to $34.70. while its rival Rio Tinto lost 65 cents to $10.50.