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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... $1.66, or 2.3 per cent, to $70.41. Fellow miner BHP Billiton was also down, losing 27 cents to $38.62, while Fortescue Metals Group shed 11.5 cents to $5.275. ANZ was the biggest loser among the major banks, with its stocks dropping 21 cents, or 0.75 ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton dropped 45 cents to $37.36, and Rio Tinto fell 80 cents to $67.19. Fortescue Metals shed nine cents to $4.70. Also making news, Cochlear has returned to profitability with net profit of $77.7 million in the ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... were higher, with BHP Billiton trading at $37.84, up 36 cents. Rio Tinto also climbed 57 cents to $66.93, and Fortescue Metals was up 8.5 cents to $4.765. "We're seeing iron ore prices moving up once again so that's been a positive for that space," said ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... the HIA-RP Data Residential Land Report for the September 2012 quarter is due to be released. In equities news, Fortescue Metals Group is expected to release its second quarter production report, OZ Minerals its December quarter report and PanAust its ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... cent, the S&P500 0.65 per cent and the NASDAQ 1.18 per cent. Resources stocks were among the best local performers, with metals and minerals stocks up 1.02 per cent at 1032 AEDT. The energy sector was up 1.01 per cent. BHP Billiton added 41 cents to ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... ended at 1615 AEDT. "We will be strong," Mr Smith said. "I think there are absolutely good reasons to buy in the market." Metals and mineral stocks were leading the broader market higher, having risen 1.03 per cent, according to IRESS data, while materials ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... FTSE100 closed down a slender 0.06 per cent. Baillieu Holst director Richard Morrow said the market was buoyed by higher base metals prices, which were inching up to the top end of their recent trading range, and some encouraging Chinese economic data ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... after a rise in commodity prices on Friday. World stock markets had a relatively flat end to last week, but oil and base metals prices rose, which could give a boost to Australia's major resources stocks. At 0745 AEDT on Monday, the December share price ...

Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... He argues that while these falls may represent an attractive entry point for more cyclically influenced commodities like metals, iron ore and coal, deleveraging headwinds and China's slower pace of growth suggest only a muted uptick in the future. While ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... were the worst-performing sector on the local market at 1034 AEDT, having fallen 1.3 per cent, according to IRESS data. Metals and minerals stocks (down 1.12 per cent) and the materials sector (down 1.02 per cent) had also started the day on the back ...