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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... Thursday, ignoring a largely negative lead from the US after global miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and other resources stocks headed higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lifted 33.6 points to 6771.9, surpassing the prior record close of 6738.26 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... employment data calmed concerns over slowing economic growth in the US, and higher metal prices boosted local resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 48.9 points to 6654.3, after it hit an intraday high of 6684.4, beating the previous intraday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... zinc prices overnight. "It was not a bad night certainly for the oil price and the gold price," Mr Land said. Resources stocks rebounded today, despite some weaker commodity prices, after yesterday's aggressive selling. "It was a good evening for oil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... Statistics releases housing finance data for July. The Australian sharemarket closed slightly higher on Friday, led by resources stocks, but the APEC public holiday in Sydney kept trading light. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 27.4 points to 6278.4 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... to increase, because there's only a finite amount of commodities in the ground." At 1200 AEST, the bellwether resources stocks both were up, with BHP Billiton gaining 59 cents or 1.7 per cent, to $35.25, and Rio Tinto rising $1.31 or 1.55 per cent to ...

Fat Prophets enters SMA market

... providing investors access to a professionally managed share portfolio of either Australian shares or mining and resources stocks, or a blend of both. Fat Prophet's founding chief executive Angus Geddes will lead the investment team behind the SMA. "Our ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... slipped 2.36 points to 1,503.35 while the Hi-tech Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 5.14 points to 2,603.23. The major resources stocks were mixed at lunch, with the world's largest miner BHP Billiton up two cents to $35.05, as rival Rio Tinto shed 50 cents ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... Perth. Australian stocks ended higher today as the market found its feet after heavy losses earlier in the week. Resources stocks made a solid recovery. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 81.4 points at 6265.6, while the all ordinaries gained 80.8 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... are five points on either side of this position," Mr Russell said. "Once again we have seen gains in the major resources stocks on the back of rises in the commodity prices and that is where I think the prices will driven in the shorter-term. "It is ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... was down 45 cents to $29.06 and Westpac had tumbled 25 cents to $25.65. Mr Smith attributed blame for a dip in resources stocks also to commodity prices, with almost all of them down overnight, with only copper managing to eke out a rise. The world's ...