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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... said. BHP was up 89.5 cents, or 3.2 per cent, at $28.945, Rio Tinto had added $1.27, or 2.3 per cent, to $56.36, while iron ore producer Fortescue Metals was down five cents at $2.27. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum was up $1.255, or 3.9 per ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... on US shale oil drilling in response to lower oil prices. That followed Rio Tinto's announcement on Tuesday that its iron ore production had topped 300 million tonnes a year for the first time. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Accumulation Index return was 5.6%. AMCIL's portfolio over the half year was affected by the fall in the oil price and iron ore price and the impact on holdings in Santos, Oil Search, Senex Energy and BHP Billiton. The slowdown in activity in these sectors ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... per cent forecast. At 1200 AEDT, mining giant Rio Tinto was 75 cents lower at $53.41 after it said it had lifted its iron ore sales by 17 per cent to a record 302.6 million tonnes in 2014 and increased production by 11 per cent to 295.4 million tonnes. ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... S&P 500 overnight. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said a 5% slide in oil prices overnight, as well as a fall in iron ore prices had helped drag the market lower. "We're seeing all sectors in the red and the oil sector is again the worst performer ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... market as commodity prices dropped on Friday, CommSec market analyst Stephen Daghlian said. "Almost all base metals, iron ore and oil all fell back on Friday, so that was always going to make things difficult for mining and energy stocks and that's exactly ...

Share market rallies on Murray report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... The miners weren't faring so well, with BHP Billiton down 39 cents to $30.03, Rio Tinto shedding 17 cents to $56.97 and iron ore miner Fortescue Metals six cents weaker at $2.62. Coca-Cola Amatil lost 11 cents to $9.15 after announcing it will axe 260 ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... domestic economy, investors should not underestimate the potential of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fill the hole left by iron ore, coal, and other commodities, according to BNP Paribas head of fixed income in Australia James Hayes. Hayes said there ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian share market is slightly higher in the wake of Wall Street gains but falls in oil, gold and iron ore prices. IG market strategist Stan Shamu says the market is lacking a catalyst to trade much higher. "The only major development from ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... prospect of interest rate hikes there. We're losing sleep over falling stock prices, declining terms of trade, slumping iron ore and oil prices, low business and consumer confidence, slowing China, receding Japan and deflation threat in the eurozone. ...