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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... doing better than those in the US as commodity prices recovered rapidly from earlier falls, Mr Wright said. "Coal and iron ore are still settling at the second best prices ever," he said. Rio gained $1.84, or 3.2 per cent, to $59.39 and BHP Billiton ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... price index contract was 37 points higher at 4,019 on 9,019 contracts. "The resources are doing very well, the price of iron ore going up would have helped and commodity prices were also up," ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop. "All ...

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... America by the b#lls. Now it's flexing its muscles Australia's way. Reports overnight revealed that Rio Tinto head of iron ore operations in China, Stern Hu - along with three other Rio employees -- were detained in China last 5 July on suspicion of ...

Aberdeen cools on China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... numbers coming out of China don't appear to add up. "Industrial output is rising, though electrical demand is falling; iron ore imports are increasing but steel production remains static; industrial output is said to be rising as exports fall; there ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... $3.91 and Minara Resources gained 1.5 cents to 79.5 cents. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Trent Muller said iron ore producers were doing well because of reports that Xstrata was aiming to merge with Anglo America, creating one of the world's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was more than half a per cent stronger at noon, with gains in the financial and iron ore sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 3,916.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... largest miner, BHP Billiton, had retreated $1.13, or 3.1 per cent, to $35.33 at 1206 AEST, but its potential Pilbara iron ore joint venture partner, Rio Tinto, had put on $1.0435, or 1.81 per cent, to $58.80. Rio' Tintos shares closed at $73.23 in Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... Billiton was down 58 cents, or 1.57 per cent, at $36.42, while rival Rio Tinto plunged $3.75, or 4.95 per cent, to $71.75. Iron ore stocks suffered heavy losses. Fortescue fell 18 cents, or 4.68 per cent, to $3.67, Murchison Metals lost 14 cents, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... seven-month high as resource stocks continued their strong gains amid renewed attention to Rio Tinto and BHP's proposed iron ore tie up. A smaller than expected drop in jobless numbers also improved investor sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... it's had." Rio Tinto climbed $2.69, or 3.68 per cent, to $75.72, while BHP Billiton advanced 26 cents to $37.96. Among iron ore stocks, Fortescue Metals surged 54 cents, or 15.04 per cent, to $4.13, Sims Metal Management lifted $1.44, or 5.8 per cent ...