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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... bought 500,000 of its own shares. Fellow miner BHP Billiton pulled the sector higher, rising five cents to $35,09. Fortescue Metals shares gained two per cent to $4.54 after it said it had its highest level of quarterly shipments in the three months ...

Australian bullion exchange to launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Australian investors in precious metals will soon have their own physical local exchange with the upcoming launch of the Australian Bullion Exchange. The Australian Bullion Exchange (ABX) is an exchange for physical bullion that connects buyers and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... Holdings fell 13 cents to $17.87 despite announcing its subsidiary Thiess had won a $100 million contract with Fortescue Metals for works on an iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,782.3 per fine ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... said it had ended its release of oil from strategic reserves begun in June owing to a cut in Libyan supplies. PRECIOUS METALS Gold fell two per cent to three-week lows, as increasing efforts to contain the European debt crisis fuelled another volatile ...

ETF markets August fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... investors switching to lower fee beta exposure and a hedged gold exposure with strong trading activity record for the precious metals. "Continued strong trading activity in precious metals ETFs (Silver and Gold), indicate investors continue to seek refuge ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... pass intact in a deeply divided Congress, with the House of Representatives controlled by opposition Republicans. PRECIOUS METALS Gold slid on Friday, closing its worst week since June, as profit-taking by investors and a spike in the US dollar outweighed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly higher on Tuesday, following a positive lead from Wall St and precious metals overnight. At 0700 (AEST) on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.09 US cents, up from 103.86 cents on Monday. Since 1700 (AEST) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... market at noon was the emerging companies sector, up 5.53 per cent, according to IRESS data. Materials (up 3.4 per cent) and metals and minerals stocks (up 3.37 per cent), also were doing well. Overall, rises outnumbered falls by about eight to one. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... looking at a brighter day today, after Wall Street staged a stunning turnaround in late trade overnight. Oil fell again, but metals generally were higher. At 0710 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 115 ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... by 28.8% to US$81.15 per barrel last night from its 2011 peak of US$113.93 back in April. The price of food, industrial metals and other raw materials had also fallen. Isn't this one of the major concerns for weakening consumption in the US economy? ...