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Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... fresh QE money will again find their way into risk assets and assets that are considered inflation hedges like precious metals - gold and silver - and out of bonds and money market instruments QE1 worked. The S&P 500 index gained nearly 40% between its ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... while BHP Billiton was up 63 cents, or 1.97 per cent, at $32.61. Other sectors in positive territory at the open included metals and minerals stocks (up 2.53 per cent) and materials stocks (up 2.22 per cent). Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... according to IRESS data, as investors took their cues from strong gains on Wall Street during the overnight offshore session. Metals and minerals stocks were the best-performing sector, having risen 2.0 per cent at the start of trade. Materials stocks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was 31 cents stronger at $31.36 and Rio Tinto was up 92 cents at $50.26. But Fortescue Metals Group was one of the few iron ore miners to post losses amid continuing concerns over its about-face on expansion plans and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... 49.8 in July. A reading below 50 indicates the sector is contracting. On the local market at 1210 AEDT, miner Fortescue Metals was 33 cents, or 9.68 per cent, lower at $3.08 after it announced it had sold the power station at its Solomon mine in Western ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... payments and international investment position data plus government finance statistics. In equities news, miner Fortescue Metals on Tuesday announced it was shedding staff and deferring some development work to immediately reduce costs by $300 million. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... for the local market when it opened today." The material sector was down 0.92 per cent, according to IRESS data, while metals and minerals stocks were off 0.94 per cent and energy stocks had fallen 0.85 per cent. In a further negative, big market contributors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... steady 4,347 points, with 6,342 contracts traded. Resources related sectors were leading the broader market lower, with metals and minerals stocks the worst-performer at the open having fallen 0.71 per cent, according to IRESS data. Gold stocks were ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... Thursday. In equities news, Insurance Australia Group, Qantas Airways, Fairfax Media, Tatts Group, Sims Metal, Fortescue Metals Group, David Jones, QR National and Origin Energy are among companies expected to post full year results while Sydney Airport ...

New analyst for AB Australia

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... the appointment of a new research analyst, James Robertson, to the AllianceBernstein Value team. He will initially cover metals, mining and chemicals. He joins AllianceBernstein from Perpetual Limited where he held senior management roles in Perpetual ...