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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... $33.11. The mining sector was mixed, with Rio Tinto up 54 cents at $60.74 and Fortescue Metals up five cents at $3.71, while BHP Billiton fell 36 cents to $34.59. In other news, troubled rare earths miner Lynas Corporation has placed its shares in a ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... lifted despite the iron ore prices dropping to a new low of $79.80. At 1208 AEST, Rio Tinto had firmed 1.5 cents to $60.065, BHP Billiton lost 25 cents to $34.61, and Fortescue Metals lifted seven cents to $3.65. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... start of this year. This, in turn, has taken the S&P/ASX 200 Materials index - where diggers and sellers of the stuff such as BHP and RIO reside - down 7.2% this year to date. And oh, this is compounded by the drop in price of that other metal dug from ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... sector, sliding iron ore and gold prices were taking a toll. Rio Tinto was down $1.06, or close to two per cent, at $60.53, BHP Billiton was down 23 cents at $35.25 and Fortescue Metals was 12 cents lower at $3.64. Another stock to fall heavily was laboratory ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... injecting 500 billion yuan ($81 billion) into the nations largest banks to stimulate the economy. In the resources sector, BHP Billiton fell 42 cents to $35.42, Rio Tinto lost 64 cents to $61.41 and Fortescue Metals shed 10.5 cents to $3.915 at 1200 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... doing well for a second consecutive day. "If it wasn't for the miners the market would either be flat or slightly lower." BHP Billiton rose 38 cents to $36.12, Rio Tinto gained 94 cents to $62.75, while Fortescue Metals firmed seven cents to $4.07. Commonwealth ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. However, he said resource stocks were the standout on with Rio Tinto and BHP posting gains after a four per cent rally in the iron ore price. "The increase we have seen in the iron ore price overnight ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... $33.97, Westpac lost 27 cents to $33.98, while ANZ was down 33 cents at $32.50 and Commonwealth Bank dropped 56 cents to $79.67. BHP Billiton was one cent lower at $35.78, while Rio Tinto lost 11 cents to $61.78 and Fortescue Metals was flat at $3.94. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... miners," he said. "There's an element of having been oversold there, given how much miners have fallen in the past month." BHP Billiton was 22 cents higher at $35.72, while Rio Tinto rose 10 cents to $61.66 and Fortescue Metals gained four cents to $3.91. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... benchmark index diminish," CMC Markets sales trader Niall King said. Rio Tinto and Telstra had fallen after opening higher, while BHP and CBA had been weak since the start of trade, he said. The release of better than expected employment figures at 1130 ...