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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... 1,366.90 and the Nasdaq picked up 3.79 points to 2,340.94. BHP Billiton had surged 48 cents to $27.66 by 1202 AEST as rival Rio Tinto added $1.18 to $76.23. Other miners were also stronger with Oxiana adding six cents to $3.31 and Jubilee Mines gaining ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
The Australian share market edged higher at noon as resource stocks such as Rio Tinto helped offset falling shares in Coles Myers, which turned down a revised takeover bid. By 1210 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ahead 4.7 points to 5,317.9 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... 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
... 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 to 5276.4. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... 2,346.18. Locally, the big miners were stronger with BHP Billiton surging 54 cents higher to $26.62 by 1203 AEST and rival Rio Tinto gaining $1.77 to $72.97.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... putting on 3.66 points to 2,315.43. Locally, of the big miners BHP Billiton gained 21 cents to $26.08 by 1205 AEST, while rival Rio Tinto moved 35 cents higher to $71.40.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... and the Nasdaq added 11.78 points to 2,311.77 points. Locally, the major resource companies were in positive territory with Rio Tinto putting on $2.19 to $71.06 by 1201 AEST while rival BHP Billiton lifted by 64 points to $25.74.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... said. "The strong part of the market today is generally the financials and there is a lot of positive sentiment about BHP and Rio Tinto, which is surprising because most of the base metal prices were down last night." Mr Muller said local banking stocks ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... contract was down 29 points to 5171 on a volume of 7432 contracts. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped 19 cents to $25.66 and rival Rio Tinto shed 52 cents to $69.78. Michael Heffernan, senior client adviser at Austock Brokers, said the downturn was to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... cents to $25.61. "BHP is the market leader and we're not going to be up 14 points without the BHP being up as well," he said. Rio Tinto climbed 53 cents to $69.98. In the US yesterday, the Dow briefly passed its record closing high set in January 2000 ...