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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... the next catalyst of the market. "That may be interest rates, but I think that interest rates will be flat." At 1201 AEDT, BHP Billiton saw an 11 cent drop in its share price to $29.21, while Rio Tinto saw its share price fall 16 cents to $79.95. Alumina's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... thanks to the strong commodity prices. Rio Tinto was a stand out performer with its shares at 1201 AEDT up $1.52 to $79.12. BHP Billiton was also performing well with shares selling ten cents higher at $29.04 while Alumina Ltd shares rose seven cents ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... public holiday and base metals were flat, giving no real direction to the resources sector. At 1205 AEDT, world's biggest miner BHP Billiton had added 36 cents to $29.34, while rival Rio Tinto was 58 cents higher at $78.53.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... weakness in the major miners, others in the sector such as Zinifex, Jubilee Mines and Oxiana were all trading strongly. By 1212 BHP Billiton was off 12 cents at $28.95 while Rio Tinto relinquished 32 cents to $77.76. Zinifex improved 26 cents to $16.82 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... from strong corporate earnings and that's been particularly boosted by better-than-expected capital management strategies, BHP is an example there," he said. But he warned the optimism could wane as reporting season proceeds. "The trend for the reporting ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... because the economic fundamentals are too strong. "The outlook is rosy," he said. The bellwether resource stocks were mixed with BHP Billiton adding seven cents to $28.66 by 1204 AEDT and rival Rio Tinto losing four cents to $75.80.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... 500 index shed 10.25 points to 1,438.06. The Nasdaq lost 28.85 points to 2,459.82. Locally, the big miners were mixed with BHP Billion adding 23 cents to $28.29 by 1202 AEDT while rival Rio Tinto slipped 47 cents lower to $75.13.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... the red all day and that had to be expected." Mr Bishop said investors might have been a little eager in their take up of BHP Billiton yesterday after the mining giant posted a 41.3 per cent increase in first half profits. "BHP gave the market a real ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... half. The Australian stock market again closed in record territory yesterday, buoyed by a stellar performance from major miner BHP Billiton. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 29.3 points to a record 5899.8, while the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
The Australian share market was higher at noon, hitting fresh intraday highs, buoyed by strength of mining giant BHP's half year results. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 9.9 points at 5,880.4, after earlier breaking new territory at 5,871.5. ...