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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Bank was 38 cents lower at $58.31. National Australia Bank was in the black, having put in 11 cents to $23.34. Resource stocks were performing better, with mining giant BHP Billiton gaining four cents to $33.16, Rio Tinto had was up 22 cents to $57.04 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Westpac had dumped eight cents to $24.72, while the Commonwealth Bank had increased 23 cents to $58.93. Among resource stocks, BHP Billiton was 10.5 cents higher at $33.85. It revealed overnight it had sold its Ekati diamond business to Canada's Harry ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... adviser Adrian Leppinus said Australian shares had opened lower after a negative lead from Wall Street and lower resource stocks. "Resources are getting a bit of a hit at the moment," he said. "There's still a bit of negative sentiment around them and ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... raised the dividend which is going to put pressure on BHP to do the same," he said. "We're seeing good gains in resource stocks." Rio Tinto was $1.36, or 2.49 per cent, higher at $56.25, BHP Billiton was 39 cents, or 1.21 per cent higher at $32.67 and ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... more detail on the European arrangements or good news on major economies to push prices higher," he said. Among resource stocks, the mining giants were stronger with BHP Billiton gaining 16 cents to $32.16 and Rio Tinto surging 64 cents to $54.77. In ...

Chinese pension fund awards global mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... investment firm AGF Management Ltd., Investec Ltd, JP Morgan and RBC Global Asset Management will handle natural resource stocks while AEW Capital Management LP, AMP Capital and European Investors Inc. will handle global real-estate stocks. "AMP Capital ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Whitehaven shares are due to resume trading at 1100 AEST. Mr Leppinus said the bid appeared to be reasonable. "Resource stocks are generally leading us this morning and a bit of corporate activity always helps a sector that's been under pressure." He ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... represented in overweight positions in Rio (+4%), BHP (+2%), Iluka (+2%) and Whitehaven Coal (+1%), saying major resource stocks have underperformed and are currently cheap. Andrew Dalrymple, chief investment officer at Treasury Group-backed Aubrey Capital ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... developments in the troubled euro zone. About $35 billion was wiped from the value of the local bourse, with banks and resource stocks taking the brunt, after ratings agencies downgraded debt-ridden Greece, sparking fresh concerns about the outlook for ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... markets is not uncommon. "Risk is primarily driven by currency in Canada as well," said Darnell. "The phenomenon of resource stocks is they're much more driven by stock rather than commodity behaviour." "From an Australian viewpoint, what you're getting ...