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Selection the key as mining stocks surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... to be extremely selective with investments. According to a study by accounting firm KPMG, miners BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals, Rio Tinto and Newcrest Mining contributed 47 per cent of the total profits of the top 50 listed names, up from 20 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Wednesday as concerns over weaker metals prices and caution ahead of a key press conference by the United States' central banker outweighed a positive lead from offshore. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... NAB up four cents at $26.23. Westpac was down eight cents at $24.72. The major miners weighed on the bourse after base metals lost ground in London over the weekend, while energy stocks were down 0.2 per cent. At 1208 AEST, shares in BHP Billiton were ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Chinese government would need to tighten monetary policy further. Wall Street closed marginally higher, while precious metals and oil prices settled firmer. The big miners were lower. BHP Billiton was down 46 cents at $47.55, while Rio Tinto had backpedalled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices flat to higher, and precious metals and oil also rising. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points higher at 4,896 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, weighed down by weakness in the industrials, metals and mining, and materials sectors. Construction giant Leighton Holdings' sharp decline after resuming trading, following a downgrade in its earnings guidance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... to 4.3 million tonnes in 2010/11, despite significant rainfall that has delayed a return to full production. Fortescue Metals was 16 cents lower at $6.63 after it said it had shipped 11.5 per cent less iron ore in the March quarter from a year earlier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities markets flat to lower, while metals were mixed and oil fell. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 20 points lower at 4,981 ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... markets are up and so are commodity currencies. Have you seen the Australian dollar lately? And gold? And other precious metals? And agriculture? And energy? And the S&P 500? And? Perhaps it's these, there were so many black swans swooping all at once ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... received positive leads from offshore trading overnight. Key securities markets were higher, oil reached a new record, and metals also rose. At 0714 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was four points higher at 4,945. In economics ...