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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... were all trading higher, despite weaker metals prices overnight. On the London Metal Exchange, nickel prices fell sharply, copper closed at a session low and all other metals were weaker. Resource giant BHP Billiton gained 45 cents to $29.22 and Rio ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... aggregate. Commodity prices have increased this week as confidence about world manufacturing production capacity improves. Copper prices achieved their largest price gain since May 2006 and nickel and lead to their highest prices. Tin is at its highest ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... off. There have been a lot of company reports out, but they have been a mixed bag," he said. "Gold is up and so is oil. Copper was also strong as well. On top of that the banks are strong." On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 48.23 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... closing high as European markets gained from mergers and acquisition talk and as miners jumped on a bullish outlook for copper. The FTSE 100 ended 24.9 points at 6,444.4, striking its highest close since November 2000. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
... client adviser Simon Ferguson said the resources sector was providing most of the drive on the back of higher prices for copper and oil. "A bounce in copper has probably helped (miners) BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, and also the oil price not falling through ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... dipped 5.61 points to 1,407.29 and the Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 18.17 points to 2,427.69. Base metals prices led by copper and zinc fell on offshore overnight, due in part to the market awaiting the next round of economic data from the US.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... iron ore consumption and this is expected to exceed fifty per cent within fifteen years given their present expansion. Copper consumption by these expanding major economies is expected to rise from about 25 to 37 per cent, aluminium from 24 to 41 per ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... quarter sales figures. Annual general meetings continue with Ramsay Health Care and McGuigan Simeon Wines. And Gold and copper exploration company Mantle Mining Corporation is expected to make its debut on the Australian Stock Exchange today. The Australian ...

Market Wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... offsetting a positive US lead and strengthening commodity prices. "The Dow wasn't up too much and neither were commodities - copper was up a minuscule amount and oil was only up a touch. "Westpac's hurting a little bit as it goes ex-dividend, and there's ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... stocks within the Australian equity market suffered a plunge late yesterday as a consequence. Given the five month low in copper prices, the demand for which China dominates, and the fall in nickel and aluminium prices recently, one may conclude that ...