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Afternoon market wrap: Shares continue to lose ground

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
... $16.20 and the Commonwealth Bank fell 13 cents at $27.72. In resources, BHP Billiton declined four cents to $11.34, Rio Tinto waned 22 cents to $34.56, Woodside Petroleum fell two cents to $13.25 and WMC Resources closed steady at $4.92. Telstra slipped ...

Afternoon market wrap: Stronger dollar hurts stocks, lifts bonds

... benefits of rising commodity prices and record iron ore shipments. It closed 62 cents or 5.2 per cent down at $11.38. Rio Tinto gave back $1.21 to $34.78. WMC Resources pulled back 18 cents to $4.92 and oil and gas producer Woodside slipped 25 cents ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Resources push market despite Wall Street falls

... S&P/ASX 200 index was 11.4 points higher at 3295.1 while the all ordinaries index was 10.4 points stronger at 3302.3. Rio Tinto improved 89 cents to $36.59, BHP Billiton advanced 48 cents to $12.21, WMC Resources firmed 19 cents to $5.16 while oil and ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Stronger employment figures push ASX to highs

The Australian share market hit a fresh 16-month high today as resource giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto pushed higher and investors welcomed stronger-than-expected unemployment figures. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index climbed 8.2 points higher to ...

Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

... response to strong gains by the Australian dollar. ABN Amro Morgans senior client adviser Bill Bishop said BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were sold off after the Australian dollar spiked above 68 US cents overnight and maintained some of the gains this morning. ...

Midday market wrap: Nikkei edges up while All Ords deteriorate

... strong gains by the Australian dollar. Fat Prophets analyst Angus Geddes said major resource stocks such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum were sold off after the Australian dollar spiked above 68 US cents overnight and maintained some ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares offer mixed performances

... Performances were mixed among the big four banks, while among other key stocks Telstra made a slight gain and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and News Corp were down. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 12.4 points weaker at 3180.6, while the all ordinaries ...

Midday market wrap: All Ords drift in the wake of US markets

... uninspiring trading on the United States market and only a smattering of local corporate news. Miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and telco Telstra were in the black but most of the major banks, media group News Corp and financial services firm AMP fell ...