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Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... Bank eased 20 cents to $33.36, and Westpac was 9.5 cents weaker at $33.105. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was 31 cents lower at $29.03, Rio Tinto dipped two cents to $57.29, and iron ore pure play Fortescue Metals nudged up one cent ...

Market lower in broad sell-off

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower, led downwards by market heavyweight BHP Billiton. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the Australian market was experiencing a broad-based sell-off. "We've had two positive days off very light volumes," ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... miners were also higher following a sharp rise in iron ore prices on Friday. Rio Tinto was up 79 cents to $57.54, BHP Billiton was 30 cents higher at $29.55 and Fortescue Metals added 7.5 cents to $2.185. Meanwhile, shares in workforce provider Skilled ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "There's a broad realisation that the market's not falling in a hole." BHP Billiton was up 38 cents at $29.62, its spinoff South32 was steady at $2.37, Rio Tinto had gained 72 cents to $57.62 and Fortescue ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... expectations, boosting the prospect of further stimulus measures in the world's second largest economy. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was up 30 cents at $29.12, its spinoff South32 had added six cents to $2.42, Rio Tinto had gained 65 cents to $56.68 ...

Miners weigh on share market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower, pulled back by weakness among resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said market heavyweights BHP and Rio were lower because iron ore and oil ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... eight cents to $32.36, but National Australia Bank was down 15 cents at $33.85. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was down 40 cents at $29.73, Rio Tinto was off 58 cents at $56.87, BHP spin-off South32 was up 23 cents at $2.28, and Fortescue ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Australia, the market on Monday closed more than one per cent lower, dragged back by the big banks and global miner BHP Billiton. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 76.3 points, or 1.33 per cent, at 5,659.2 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The big banks and BHP Billiton have dragged the share market lower. Investors are being cautious around high yield stocks including the big four banks, Telstra and supermarket owners Wesfarmers and Woolworths, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... will last is a different matter all together; we still have had a 40% drop in iron ore in 12 months." At 1200 AEST, BHP Billiton was up 30 cents, or 0.94%, at $32.27 and Rio Tinto gained 31 cents, or 0.54%, to $58.01, while pure iron ore player Fortescue ...