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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
The Australian share market is pushing higher after market heavyweight BHP Billiton increased its dividend and announced fresh cost cutting. On a busy day of corporate earnings reports, BHP Billiton had the healthiest market reaction, with shares up ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... to $10.585, after its half year net profit of $286 million was below market expectations. 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 ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... that many of the most popular Australian companies held by SMSFs generate huge proportions of their revenue overseas - 95% in BHP Billiton's case. Responding to the criticism that SMSF borrowing arrangements put the entire economy at risk of collapse ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... Australia Bank down nine cents at $37.67, Westpac one cent weaker at $37.99 and Commonwealth Bank up 3.5 cents at $90.745. BHP was down 39.5 cents at $32.585 and Rio Tinto was up 16 cents at $63.54.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... prices last night," he said. "Copper in particular was another disappointing set of data from China." Amongst the big miners, BHP was up five cents to $32.60, Rio Tinto lifted 40 cents to $63.90 and Fortescue Metals lost seven cents to $2.48. Woodside ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... 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 14 cents at $32.70 and Rio Tinto was 65 cents higher at $64.20. Coca-Cola Amatil had added 53 cents to $10.51 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... strong rallies in industrial commodities - in particular oil and copper 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 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... cents weaker at $36.71. Rio Tinto was up 62 cents at $60.42 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
... or 3 per cent, to $7.73, Woodside was 82 cents lower at $34.38 and Oil Search had dropped 19 cents to $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 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... the mining giants and consumer discretionary sector are in the positive territory. "We're seeing some early positivity from BHP," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "But that might be a case of the upward momentum that's been in our market ...