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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... investors' concerns about the outlook for consumer and business spending. Base metals in London could were mostly higher but copper touched a one-month low which will hurt the big miners. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... Markets chief analyst David Land said the market was having a positive day given a weak lead from Wall Street and lower copper and zinc prices overnight. "It was not a bad night certainly for the oil price and the gold price," Mr Land said. Resources ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... oil and gold down on Friday. "There are a few rumours around that BHP Billiton may upgrade reserves at its Olympic Dam (copper-uranium) mine later this week, which seems to be lifting BHP as well as Rio Tinto. "There is also a degree of strength in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... commodities market, with the crude oil price again at a record high, gold at a 28 year high, nickel up 10 per cent and copper up almost four per cent. "Woodside Petroleum in the energy sector and BHP Billiton in the materials sector is driving the gains ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... falls. "Today is very strong for the big miners with BHP Billiton helped by a substantial, over four per cent rise in the copper price," Mr Anderson said. "The gold price is very strong for Lihir and Oxiana. "And we look forward to the miner Newcrest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... 92 points to 6185 on a volume of 10,416 contracts. CMC Markets senior dealer James Foulsham said metals were mixed but copper was significantly stronger, driven by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. "Some of the company reports that have come out recently have ...

Fed shoots from the hip

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... S&P/ASX 200 shot out of the starting gate this morning following the overseas lead. Base metal prices also rebounded with copper and nickel both up 4.0 per cent 3.6 per cent respectively.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... news on the local market, were dampening investor sentiment. "When you look at commodity prices over the last few months, copper and nickel haven't been doing anything spectacular. It's only been lead and zinc that have been doing alright," Mr Heffernan ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... Index slid 22.38 points to close at 2,549.77. The major miners fell back after resource prices tumbled overnight, with copper and nickel suffering the biggest losses. BHP Billiton lost 34 cents to $33.02, while rival Rio Tinto pulled back 37 cents to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... 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 biggest miner, BHP Billiton, was down 37 cents at $32.56 at 1203 AEST, while rival ...