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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... $34.08 after the company posted strong production growth across its coal, iron ore and copper assets in its quarterly report. Rio Tinto, which released record production results on Tuesday, was up 80 cents or 1.44 per cent to $56.32. And, Fortescue Metals ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... slightly higher, boosted by gains from resource companies on the back of record production results from mining heavyweight Rio Tinto. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.9 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,986.0 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... cents, or 7.44 per cent, to $4.73. But the local miners were faring better. BHP Billiton shares were up 17 cents to $33.42, Rio Tinto had gained three cents to $54.80 and Fortescue Metals was four cents higher at $3.54. The four big banks were also higher ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its July board meeting. In equities news, Rio Tinto is scheduled to release its second quarter operations review. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher for a fifth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... is from an official standpoint," Mr Shamu said. Among the local miners, BHP Billiton shares had lost 2.5 cents to $33.285, Rio Tinto had shed 36 cents to $54.38 and Fortescue Metals was nine cents lower at $3.45. After several days of large gains, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... stocks remained the strongest performers on Friday morning, with BHP Billiton up 69 cents, or 2.1 per cent, to $33.53 and Rio Tinto lifting $1.08 to $55.40. "The materials sector has really been finding the love, and it's been a space that's been so ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... Ben not only stilled financial markets' nerves but sent them singing and dancing hallelujah! Stock markets from New York to Rio and old London town went higher punctuated by the Dow and the S&P 500 closing at new record highs. US bond yields and the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Resources stocks were the strongest performers on Thursday morning, with BHP Billiton up 68 cents, or 2.14 per cent, to $32.51 and Rio Tinto lifting 85 cents to $53.24. Fortescue shares were up nine cents to $3.45, while gold miner Newcrest had gained ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
After all the build up, the anticipation and the suspense, Wall Street had only a minute reaction to the FOMC minutes. The Dow was down a little and the S&P 500 up a bit for there was hardly anything new to inspire that animal spirit in you, I and Irene ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... said rising commodity prices boosted the mining giants. "The best performing sector is the materials sector - so that's BHP, Rio essentially," he said. Data from China showing an 0.7 per cent fall in its imports in June caused just a small dip for BHP ...