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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened flat on Monday, with weakness among gold and metals companies offset by a firmer start from the info tech sector. At 1027 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, at 4,272.5 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... IRESS data. Meanwhile, energy-linked companies were up 1.77 per cent, the materials sector had climbed two per cent and metals and minerals companies were 1.95 per cent higher. Gold miner Newcrest had posted the biggest rise among the S&P/ASX20, jumping ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,719.80 per ounce, down $US8.05 from Monday's local close of $US1,727.85 per ounce. Metals and minerals companies were the worst-performing sector on the market, down 0.92 per cent according to Iress data. The materials ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... opened marginally lower in quite trade on Friday, with gains in the gold and telecoms sectors offset by weakness among metals and minerals, and materials stocks. At 1028 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points, or 0.16 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... full-year results after the market closes on Thursday. Its shares had fallen 66 cents, or 0.92 per cent, to $71.10. Fortescue Metals was down seven cents at $5.36 and Newcrest was down 28 cents to $33.10. In other news, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation ...

CFSGAM strengthens Aussie equities core team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... Equities, Core portfolios. "Gates has an intimate knowledge of Australian and international companies in the mining and metals sector and has proven skill as a research analyst," said Matthew Reynolds, Colonial First State Global Asset Management's (CFSGAM) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... announced it had sold its Richards Bay Minerals arm in South Africa to Rio Tinto, in a deal that sees BHP exiting the titanium metals industry. Rio Tinto gained $1.82, or 2.6 per cent, to $70.56. Wesfarmers added 22 cents to $29.93 after its supermarket ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... and National Australia Bank rose 23 cents to $23.95. Resources and industrial shares also gained on the back of rising metals prices, although a fall in the oil price overnight capped gains in the energy sector. Rio Tinto gained 37 cents to $68.72 after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... with 8,837 contracts traded. Resources stocks were among the biggest gainers, adding 0.8 on the back of strong gains in metals prices overnight, while energy stocks recovered from their oversold lows on Thursday by rising one per cent. BHP Billiton gained ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... production rose by 23 per cent. Good results from local miner Oz Minerals added to more positive leads after Fortescue Metals and Rio Tinto both reported target-beating production figures on Tuesday. Rio rose 0.5 per cent to $66.03, while Fortescue extended ...