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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... Friday morning, with BHP Billiton up 69 cents, or 2.1 per cent, to $33.53 and Rio Tinto lifting $1.08 to $55.40. "The materials sector has really been finding the love, and it's been a space that's been so unloved for awhile," Mr Weston said. Fortescue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... strategist Michael McCarthy said rising commodity prices boosted the mining giants. "The best performing sector is the materials sector - so that's BHP, Rio essentially," he said. Data from China showing an 0.7 per cent fall in its imports in June caused ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... a major influence on the local stock market on Monday. "That's primarily the reason why we are struggling today. The materials space is down 1.2 per cent," he said. "Apart from that, everything else is relatively flat to mildly weaker and everyone wants ...

Aust shares edge higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... week during briefings to investors and analysts ahead of the looming split of the group into separate companies. In materials, BHP Billiton was two cents weaker at $33.07 and Rio Tinto was flat at $53.20. Gold miner Newcrest Mining's week started as ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having risen 13 cents to $34.22 and Rio up 83 cents at $54.63. By contrast, Three of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having risen 13 cents to $34.22 and Rio up 83 cents at $54.63. By contrast, Three of ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... down 1.9 per cent in early trade, and one of the worst performers. The financial sector was down 0.19 per cent and the materials sector off 1.04 per cent. With the outlook for commodities uncertain given indications of a slowing Chinese economy, there ...

Affinia appoints new national manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... responsibilities include being a conduit between the licensee and its APL partners, as well as production of training and education materials for practitioners. Gnanendran joins Affinia from AMP where he was manager, risk research, a role he held for ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... manufacturing data was a bit flat to slightly on the bottom-weak side which has seen commodities pull off and which has seen the materials sector pull back," he said. The mining giants all opened lower. BHP Billiton fell 20 cents to $31.97, Rio Tinto ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... "It's all about commodities today," IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've seen a nice little jump in the materials names: BHP, Rio, Newcrest." Mr Shamu said resources stocks had bounced after looking like they had been a little oversold. ...