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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... industrial stocks were faring well while resources were under pressure after weakness in some overseas markets overnight. BHP Billiton gave up 33 cents to $24.27 and Rio Tinto jettisoned 87 cents to $66.18. In the US overnight, the Dow Jones industrial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 17 points down at 4972 on a volume of 10,836 contracts. BHP Billiton gained 19 cents to $24.75 while Rio Tinto put on $1.50 to $67.50. Oil and gas producer Woodside weakened six cents ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... wariness as some of the guiding sectors struggled. "Rio Tinto has had a small rise, but there's been some impediments with BHP and Woodside, the major banks are all down, and generally, there's a bit of uncertainty," Mr Smith said. "However, the share ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... 4,999 on a volume of 66,224 contracts. CMC Markets dealer Josh Whiting says the market is being dragged down primarily by BHP Billiton, after weaker commodity prices overnight, particularly in copper. "It is generally a weaker market, but the one exception ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... metals market was helping local miners along in early trading. Mining giant Rio Tinto was up 57 cents to $65.57, while rival BHP was also up, gaining 26 cents to $25.48. US stocks finished barely changed as investors remained reluctant to take big positions ...

Market Wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... market at these levels now, otherwise we'd probably be down about 50 (points)," Mr Klusman said. "Rio (Tinto) is down... and BHP (Billiton) is down... so between those two they're accounting for 10 points of the fall."

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... resources sector leading the market forward. "It looks like like we've gained much of today's momentum from resources, with BHP and Rio Tinto pushing higher, and we're expecting to see that continue into the afternoon," Ms Jarvis said. "The good performance ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... resources sector remained on track after stumbling yesterday, with mining giant Rio Tinto growing 61 cents to $68.00 and rival BHP Billiton moving up 20 cents to $24.86. Energy stocks were largely mixed, with Woodside Petroleum finding 28 cents to $36.15 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... result of falls in the resource sector. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 51.6 points to 4974.4 with the major contribution coming from BHP Billiton which fell $1.48 to $24.65. This was somewhat related to the fall in the copper price by 4.6 per cent and a 6.9 per ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... have hurt the market so far today and we're expecting to see most sectors remain on the back foot." By noon, mining giant BHP Billiton had fallen $1.22 or 4.67 per cent to $25.01, while rival Rio Tinto dropped $3.14 or 4.4 per cent to $68.00. Overnight ...