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Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... companies, covering the exploration, production, refinement, marketing and storage of oil and gas. They also include coal mining and production companies.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... markets performed strongly overnight but the iron ore price continued to fall putting pressure on the major Australian mining stocks, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "The iron ore prices are certainly having an impact and the background ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... guidelines are targeted at companies with a more than 20% exposure to oil sands, brown coal-burning power stations, thermal coal mining and conversion of coal to liquid fuel. It excludes coal companies such as Peabody and Coal India and oil sands producers ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... response to client demand. The RIL Charter of Operation will now screen out companies that have more than a 20% exposure to mining thermal coal, exploration and development of oil sands, brown-coal (or lignite), coal-fired power generation, transportation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher with both the mining and banking stocks up. However, Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho questioned whether mining and financial stocks have enough momentum to keep pushing much higher. "The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... the release of quarterly business investment data on Thursday, which is expected to show the continuing erosion of the mining boom. NEW YORK - US stocks have finished a bumpy week on Friday on a high note as technology and small-cap equities shook off ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... on Friday, the Housing Industry Assocation releases its trades report for the March quarter. In company news, Newcrest Mining releases its quarterly production report, and Spotless lists on the Australian Securities Exchange. Telstra chairman Catherine ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower as further falls in iron ore prices hit the mining sector. At 1015 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.7 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,394.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is lower as further falls in iron ore prices weigh on the mining sector. A positive lead from Wall Street was not enough to outweigh investor worries about the short-term prospects of the steel making commodity, which is ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Aussie market has bucked the global trends of the last week and we are probably now starting to play catch-up by falling." Mining giant BHP Billiton was 51 cents, or 1.3 per cent, down at $37.57, Rio Tinto had slumped $1.06, or 1.7 per cent, to $60.89 ...