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Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... century' should further advance trade with the East. "Our relationship with China is evolving. It's not just resources and iron ore that is traded," he said. "China has now overtaken the UK as the biggest contributor to Australian tourism behind New ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian market opened almost one per cent higher as rising iron ore prices led to strong opening gains for the mining giants. At 1020 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.4 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 4,568.6 points, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... its resources in the first quarter of the financial year, and has maintained its guidance of a small lift in full-year iron ore production. CSL - CSL LTD - up $1.16, or 2.48 per cent, at $47.90 Blood products and vaccine company CSL still expects to ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... again, they may not have to, especially if the exports numbers - up 9.9% in the year to September - and the surge in iron ore imports - reported yesterday mark the start of a new trend. The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch reports that the resurgence ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... to release its annual report. In Australia, the market on Friday finished slightly higher as investors moved back into iron ore-focused stocks amid softness in other sectors. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.1 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,486.6 ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... lacklustre opening with little direction from overseas markets. "Resources are a tad better as we had a bit of a rise in iron ore prices overnight but generally it's a pretty quiet opening," he said. US stocks closed little changed after a solid rally ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... transport, and hospitals. To build these, countries need raw materials and Australia is a primary provider of these, namely iron ore, he said, speaking at a roundtable with representatives from Tyndall's parent company, Nikko AM, one of the largest asset ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... weighed on markets. Sydney rose 0.52 per cent, or 23.4 points, to close at 4,505.3 -- a 14-month high thanks to rising iron ore prices. Seoul eased 0.14 per cent, or 2.85 points, to 1,979.04 and Tokyo fell 1.06 per cent, or 93.71 points, to 8,769.59. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... the market higher." Overall, energy stocks were 0.88 per cent higher and the materials sector, led by higher overnight iron ore prices, was up 0.68 per cent. The mining giants all posted gains. BHP Billiton was up 29.5 cents to $33.54, Fortescue was ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... when you account for the fear du' jour - that of a slowing China - and its impact on commodity prices in general and iron ore in particular. While the price of iron ore has dropped by 28.8% to US$106.40 per metric tonne after reaching a high of US$149.40 ...