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AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... down 33 cents at $34.17 and Coles owner Wesfarmers had shed 30.5 cents to $42.435. The resources sector was also weaker, with BHP Billiton off 20 cents at $33.96, Rio Tinto down 43 cents at $59.68 and Fortescue Metals seven cents lower at $3.47. Rare ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... struggle to form a base, there really isn't going to be any confidence in the market any time soon." In the resources sector, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals were all more than two per cent lower. BHP was down 70 cents at $34.09, Rio Tinto ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... and US markets looked likely to continue heading to new all-time highs. At 1025 AEST in the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was 35 cents higher at $35.04. BHP Billiton is considering listing its new resources entity, referred to as NewCo ...

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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 ...