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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... take profits. "That would 100 per cent be the reason why our market is down this morning," he said. Among the big miners, BHP shares were down four cents at $32.53 and Rio Tinto had shed 67 cents to $59.10. But iron ore player Fortescue was up one cent ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... the gloss off that performance," CMC market analyst Michael McCarthy said. A 5% gain in the price of iron ore helped miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto push the materials sector and bring the key S&P/ASX200 index to a two-week high. McCarthy said the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... it would free up banks to lend more by cutting reserve ratio requirements. He said mining stocks were also being helped by BHP Billiton's announcement this week that it will defer some port works, which investors hope will help ease the global supply ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... into resource stocks this morning with spot iron ore surging overnight," Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said. BHP Billiton was up 59 cents at $30.86, Rio Tinto was up 88.5 cents at $56.085, and Fortescue Metals had gained 20.5 cents, or ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... an interest rate cut, but from today's data the RBA might take a bit of a conservative view and hold in May," he told AAP. BHP Billiton shares fell after it lifted full year iron ore guidance by two per cent to 250 million tonnes, although Mr K'Nell ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... update, which showed a 12 per cent fall in iron ore shipments during the March quarter, compared with the previous three months. BHP Billiton shares were up 65 cents, or 2.2 per cent, to $30.47 while Fortescue was down 1.2 cents to $1.878. Among the ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... activist investors an concluded that those that provide a combination of an economic opportunity and an ESG opportunity are BHP Billiton, Caltex, CSR, Myer, NewsCorp, ResMed, Rio Tinto, Wesfarmers and Woolworths

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... market lower as investors take profits from recent gains and exercise caution due to concerns about Greece's debts. A fall in BHP Billiton's share price, despite an overnight rise in base metal prices, is a sign of profit taking after several days of ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... Westpac had retreated 65 cents to $38.91. A recovery in iron ore prices to above $US50 a tonne overnight boosted the big miners. BHP Billiton added 49 cents to $29.61, Rio Tinto gained $1.11 to $56.07, and Fortescue Metals firmed 3.75 cents to $1.8725. ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... Chinese GDP figures and Australian unemployment figures later in the week. In the resources sector at 1019 AEST, global miner BHP Billiton had fallen 49 cents to $28.93, and Rio Tinto was down 32 cents at $54.98. The credit ratings of BHP Billiton and ...