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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Local shares are rebounding as a surge in iron ore prices boosts the big miners. Higher commodity prices were also boosting other sectors, and are likely to help break the share market's recent losing streak, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... million. In the resources sector, Rio Tinto was up 10 cents at $59.19, BHP Billiton had increased 30 cents to $33.14 and iron ore miner Fortescue Metals had risen six cents to $3.46.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... miner Glencore said it had abandoned its takeover bid, at least for now. BHP Billiton was down 65 cents at $32.59, and iron ore miner Fortescue Metals had dipped two cents to $3.42. Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank fell 63 cents to $75.14 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Tinto rose $2.04 to $59.63. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton added 74 cents to $33.44, a day after it unveiled plans to slash its iron ore production costs by a quarter. Newcrest shares gained 22 cents to $10.18 after the gold miner confirmed it's sticking with ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Further falls in the iron ore price and weak leads from Wall Street are weighing on the Australian share market. The local market is lower after a solid rise on Tuesday, with bargain hunting buyers and following better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... banks deliver their financial reports in a few weeks. In the resources sector, some of the big miners lifted despite the iron ore prices dropping to a new low of $79.80. At 1208 AEST, Rio Tinto had firmed 1.5 cents to $60.065, BHP Billiton lost 25 cents ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... foreign direct investment and money supply growth. That's more than "one", is it not? This was enough to keep the price of iron ore falling down to US$79.80 - the lowest since September of five years ago - down by 41.3% from its price at the start of ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... National Australia Bank was down 48 cents at $33.52 and ANZ was 40 cents weaker at $31.52. In the resources sector, sliding iron ore and gold prices were taking a toll. Rio Tinto was down $1.06, or close to two per cent, at $60.53, BHP Billiton was down ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... to $31.31, Westpac was minus 14 cents to $32.76 while National Australia Bank was down 27 cents at $32.91. Shares in iron ore miner and steelmaker Arrium dropped 15.5 cents, or more than 27 per cent, to 41 cents after it completed the first stage of ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat but mining stocks have recovered some losses after a rise in iron ore prices. Mixed leads from US markets overnight provided little impetus for the local share market in early trade on Tuesday, Lonsec senior ...