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AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... The mining sector was mixed, with BHP Billiton down 7.5 cents at $32.225, Rio Tinto up 45 cents at $64.20 and Fortescue Metals one cent lower at $2.44. Most other sectors were higher, including the banks, with Commonwealth Bank up 52 cents at $90.73 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains in metals prices overnight. At 0657 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,876. In equities news, Medibank Private, Cabcharge, Transpacific ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... confidence to the market as a whole. Mr Spooner said resource stocks opened fairly flat. "We had a little bit of softness in the metals prices last night," he said. "Copper in particular was another disappointing set of data from China." Amongst the ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... Australia Bank was up 23 cents at $37.73 and Westpac was 18 cents higher at $37.83. In the resources sector, Fortescue Metals had gained one cent to $2.69 despite cutting its dividend after an 81 per cent fall in half year profit. BHP Billiton was up ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... imports data for January is due out, as is the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey. In equities news, Fortescue Metals Group, Dick Smith, Asciano, SEEK, Sonic Healthcare and Amcor are among the companies expected to post half year results ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... making very significant jumps," Mr McCarthy said. BHP Billiton had added $1.01, or 3.3 per cent, to $62.43 and Fortescue Metals was up seven cents, or 2.9 per cent, at $2.52. Oil and gas explorer Santos was up 27 cents at $7.86, Woodside had added 46 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... ahead of its annual results announcement late on Thursday, while BHP Billiton had added one cent to $30.98 and Fortescue Metals was down four cents at $2.41.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... $8.03. Mining giant BHP Billiton had fallen 37 cents to $31.02, Rio Tinto had dropped 78 cents to $59.92 and Fortescue Metals was down 1.5 cents to $2.475. Telstra was up four cents at $6.55.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... global miner BHP Billiton jumped 35 cents to $31.58, Rio Tinto added 56 cents to $60.87, and iron ore pure play Fortescue Metals rose two cents to $2.52. "There's a lot to focus on today, including Chinese economic data, some domestic data and earnings ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... per cent, to $31.21, while Rio Tinto had fallen 74 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $59.86, and iron ore pure-play Fortescue Metals had eased five cents, or almost two per cent, to $2.49. But the energy sector had benefited from a recovery in crude oil prices ...