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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
... and other metals higher as supply problems lifted sentiment on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Subsequently, mining giant BHP Billiton was up 31 cents at $26.43, and rival Rio Tinto increased 58 cents to $75.00. US stocks dropped on Friday in light ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... 5452, on a volume of 2561 contracts. Stronger resource prices overnight failed to lift local resources stocks. Market leader BHP Billiton lost eight cents to $26.27, while Rio Tinto lost 10 cents to $74.35. The banking sector was weaker with ANZ falling ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... closed 11.14 points up at 2,465.98. Resources stocks had flattened out after metal prices softened overnight. Mining giant BHP Billiton was up four cents at $26.47, while rival Rio Tinto increased eight cents to $74.52.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... 500 dropping 0.33 points to 1,400.87 and the Nasdaq adding 2.58 points to 2,448.44. Locally, the big miners were weaker with BHP Billiton losing 15 cents to $25.90 by 1206 AEDT and rival Rio Tinto dropping seven cents to $72.93.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... $39.43, Commonwealth Bank finding 27 cents to $48.77, ANZ firming 32 cents to $29.22 and Westpac advancing 12 cents to $25.13. BHP Billition lifted 15 cents to $27.00 and rival Rio Tinto made five cents to $76.60. Telstra, meanwhile, tumbled nine cents ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... London Metal Exchange on Friday, dragging down the price of other metals with it. The falls rattled resource stocks, with BHP Billiton shedding 90 cents to $27.03 despite reporting that it had acquired an oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... that seems to be the pattern over the last month... with the market rallying towards the end of the day." Of the big miners, BHP Billiton lost 25 cents to $27.55 by 1201 AEDT, while rival Rio Tinto shed 93 cents to $80.37. The US provided a solid lead ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... Woolworths lost four cents to $21.08. At 1227 AEDT, Telstra was down five cents to $3.90. The most traded stock by volume was BHP Billiton with 5.28 million shares changing hands, collectively worth $145.9 million. Market turnover reached 612.3 million ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... stronger metal prices overnight the big miners were weaker with Rio Tinto shedding 35 cents to $78.85 by 1205 AEDT and rival BHP Billiton losing 18 cents to $27.42.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... banks, but why I haven't the faintest idea - profit taking is the obvious answer," he said. Among the diversified miners, BHP Billiton lost 20 cents at $27.32, while rival Rio Tinto also shed $1.03 to $78.08. Banking stocks were also showing losses ...