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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... stocks were mixed on Monday. BHP Billiton was down 12 cents to $35.38, Rio Tinto was up eight cents to $66.71 and Fortescue Metals was down three cents to $5.95. The four major banks were also mixed. The Commonwealth Bank was up six cents to $51.00 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... consumer the United States. BHP Billiton was 27 cents higher at $35.37, Rio Tinto was 49 cents higher at $66.99 and Fortescue Metals Group rose one cent to $5.94. Oil and gas producer Santos announced on Thursday that it had maintained its full year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... today," he said. BHP Billiton was 1.46 per cent higher at $34.65, Rio Tinto was 2.19 per cent higher at $66.12 and Fortescue Metals was 2.07 per cent up at $5.91. Oil prices diverged on Tuesday as traders reacted to Argentina's shock decision to expropriate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... substantially lower, with Rio shares down one per cent at $65.29 and BHP shares were down 0.73 per cent at $34.22. Fortescue Metals Group was 0.68 per cent lower at $5.88. Telstra shares were steady at 1211 AEST at $3.36. National turnover was 824 million ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... quarter, Jessen said traders should continue to support a strong upside for US-based indices and more volatility from precious metals. "We expect that there will be a steady grinding uptrend for the local Aussie index. It will be critical to keep a close ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... per cent to $14.8 million, compared with the prior corresponding period. Ten shares fell four per cent to 73 cents. Base metals have closed mostly higher on the London Metal Exchange. Laos-focused miner PanAust reaffirmed its 2012 production targets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... Billiton was 45 cents, or 1.3 per cent, lower at $34.29 while Rio Tinto was $1.11, or 1.7 per cent, lower at $65.28. Precious metals also tumbled, with gold ending at 12-week lows, as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve's reticence over further ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... first trading day of the quarter to finish at 13,264.49. World oil prices surged on the US manufacturing data and base metals also closed higher. Locally, resources stocks opened strongly with shares in Australia's biggest miner BHP Billiton up 23 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Australian resources sector was 1.6 per higher at the local open, with market heavyweights Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group leading the charge. "The big driver of our market has been the Chinese PMI released over the weekend," Mr Peacock ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... said. The best-performing sector at 1030 AEDT was materials stocks, which were up 0.51 per cent according to IRESS data. Metals and minerals stocks were up 0.49 per cent, while energy-linked companies had declined 0.62 per cent. Making news on Friday ...