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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... 1,377.93, and Nasdaq climbing 13.15 points higher to 2,363.77. Locally, Rio Tinto shed $1.32 to $78.45 by 1202 AEDT while rival BHP Billiton lost 55 cents to $27.37. Materials group Rinker gave back some of yesterday's gains, which came on the back of ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... $16.8 billion takeover bid by Mexican cement maker Cemex. Locally, Rio Tinto gained $1.81 to $79.15 by 1202 AEDT while rival BHP Billiton added 19 cents to $27.89. The US provided a relatively flat lead with the Dow Jones losing 73.40 points to 12,090.26 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... earnings in the full year to be about 15 per cent below last financial year. Rinker was off 47 cents at $13.40. Global miner BHP Billiton was 57 cents poorer at $27.58, and Rio Tinto dumped $1.44 to $77.91, on the back of softer prices for most base ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... results, while Santos and Zinifex release third quarter production reports. And in a busy day for annual general meetings, BHP Billiton, Publishing and Broadcasting, Toll Holdings, and privatisation prospect Flight Centre will be among those fronting ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... slightly over the morning after some reversal from a number of stocks that had started the day quite strongly," said Mr Land. "BHP is probably the main stock that has moved the index." BHP Billiton surged early, but once news filtered through that it ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0721 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 20 points at 5,364. Today, BHP Billiton will release its first quarter production report, and Oil Search and Oxiana will reveal their production for the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... broker Anthony Anderson said strongere big mining stocks mixed with takeover speculation was driving the market. "The mighty BHP is leading the charge... it is just outperforming everything at the moment," Mr Anderson said. "All our research and our ...

Contrarian managers make a comeback

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... public in saying they have felt the resources boom has been overpriced, so they held zero per cent in the biggest of them all, BHP, that has come back now and they have had a very good performing quarter," said Murray. Murray said the fall back of median ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... 500 edging higher by 3.43 points to 1,369.05 and the Nasdaq putting on 6.55 points to 2,363.84. Locally, of the big miners BHP Billiton gained 24 cents to $27.59 by 1205 AEST, while rival Rio Tinto moved 30 cents higher to $75.59.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... annual convention in Alice Springs. Australian stocks ended higher yesterday, after a strong performance by mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index improved 21 points to 5311.0 while the all ordinaries added 22.5 points ...