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How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Perpetual) is BHP Billiton, at 9.2%. The fifth largest holding in its international sustainable fund (managed by Dexia) is Exxon Mobil. Likewise, NGS Super listed mining giant BHP Billiton as the number one holding in its now-defunct Green Shares option. ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... more than 1,000 companies or their assets, leveraged soaring oil prices to play hardball with such multinationals as Exxon Mobil (XOM) and ConocoPhillips (COP), and pushed through price controls, subsidies, and social projects aimed at helping his impoverished ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Energy report that inventories of crude oil did not rise last week as expected. Energy stocks like Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp rose nearly two per cent. The Dow Jones industrial average added 80.6 points, or 0.6 per cent, to close at 12,560.18. ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... far for evidence of this. Escalating oil prices have oil companies raking it in - big time. How big? Here's how big: Exxon Mobil's net income jumped 69 per cent in the first quarter; Royal Dutch Shell's net income increased by 30 per cent; Occidental ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... spending, she said. "Without wage gains," she said, "people are going to buy less." Energy companies led stocks lower. Exxon Mobil Corp lost two per cent, the largest drop for any of the 30 large companies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... point to an uncertain recovery. That indecision was clear as stocks rose on strong earnings at Southwest Airlines Co, Exxon Mobil Corp and other companies, then fell on disappointment over a slight drop in first-time claims for unemployment benefits. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... investors when the US dollar falls since most of them are priced in US dollars. Energy and materials stocks, including Exxon Mobil Corp, led the market higher. When markets settled, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 45.50 points, or 0.42 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... global credit problems. Investors encouraged also by the latest evidence of a rebound in big corporate dealmaking, with Exxon Mobil Corp's $US31 billion ($A34.03 billion) purchase of XTO Energy helping send energy stocks sharply higher. In other news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... including Home Depot Inc and other retailers, gained along with technology shares, even as energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp, declined with the price of oil. The Dow Jones industrial average finished up 68.72 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 12,548.35. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... warning about consumer spending hurt technology shares. Crude closed at a record above $127 a barrel, lifting shares of Exxon Mobil Corp nearly 2 per cent. Higher oil prices also boosted coal companies, which analysts said stand to benefit from businesses ...