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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Graincorp shares were up one cent, or 0.08 per cent, to $12.48. Leighton has secured a $1.3 billion deal with Fortescue Metals for work at the Kings deposit at the Solomon Hub, making it the construction company's biggest ever single contract award. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... Graincorp shares were up one cent, or 0.08 per cent, to $12.48. Leighton has secured a $1.3 billion deal with Fortescue Metals for work at the Kings deposit at the Solomon Hub, making it the construction company's biggest ever single contract award. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... cent in 2013, down from a three per cent forecast made six months ago. Mining stocks took the biggest hit, with Fortescue Metals Group losing 13 cents, or 3.68 per cent, to $3.40. BHP Billiton shed 32 cents to $34.52 while Rio Tinto was down 96 cents ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... However, within 48 hours of the incident, Julia Gillard pledged to meet Japan's vital industrial demand for rare earth metals indefinitely. "Japan and Australia are very close emotionally, economically and politically," Beazley said. Rising confidence ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... is "the convoluted rhetoric" that "has befuddled even the wisest of interpreters" (Wealth Building Strategies in Energy, Metals and Other Markets). The minutes of the 30April- 1 May FOMC meeting was clear enough. "Most observed that the outlook for the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... 54 cents, or 1.65 per cent, weaker at $32.16, Rio Tinto has given up 59 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $55.21 and Fortescue Metals has dropped five cents, or 1.43 per cent, to $3.45. Newcrest Mining, the nation's largest goldminer, has shed 39 cents, or ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... recent days, were leading the broader market higher at the start of trade. Gold stocks were up 3.5 per cent, while the metals and minerals sector had risen 2.6 per cent. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the gains reflected the fact ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... including departure of Mike Yeager as head of BHP's petroleum division, with Tim Cutt his replacement. Elsewhere, Fortescue Metals Group said it was confident of meeting its full year production targets. But its shares fell 13 cents to $3.59. At the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... Australian government will auction $1 billion of Treasury Notes. In companies news, quarterly production reports from Fortescue Metals Group, Woodside Petroleum and Iluka are due for release. Bank of Queensland and Australian Pharmaceutical Industries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... explosions, which killed three and wounded more than 170. "Markets got a little exuberant on the down side," especially in the metals and mining sphere, said Mace Blicksilver of Marblehead Asset Management. Tuesday's gains were "a little bit of a reflex ...