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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... small profit-taking on that basis." BHP Billiton lost 13 cents to $34.64 while Rio Tinto shed 27 cents to $57.23. The two mining giants on Friday announced that they will spend a combined $US3 billion ($A3.26 billion) to build a new desalination plant ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... volatility of commodity prices during the past six months continued to affect resources stocks, including companies that provide mining services. Engineering company Ausenco was down 33.72 per cent, or 72.5 cents, to $1.43 after it downgraded its earnings ...

Fidelity launches new mid-small cap Australian equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... Fidelity's Australian equities team, where he has covered the banking, insurance, diversified financials, consumer, healthcare, mining services and telecommunications sectors. The investment process focuses on stocks with good management teams, which ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... index futures contract was up 11 points at 5004. No major economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, Newcrest Mining and Oz Minerals both are expected to post quarterly results, OceanaGold is slated to post first half results, while Macquarie ...

Finance to fill export gap as mining boom sags

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Financial services can replace mining as Australia's next major export industry, particularly in Asia, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC) DST CEO Survey. Fifty-five chief executives - all FSC members - participated in the survey, which ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... line for economic growth is seven per cent" were interpretedas a hint Beijing would move to prop up growth and sent the mining sector soaring since China is a key consumer of metals. In London, shares in commodities giant Glencore Xstrata rallied 5.09 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the market had now started nine of the past 11 trading session higher. He said mining stocks were leading the way thanks to gains in commodity prices. "The mining sector is the focus today, and it has been ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... production figures. In Australia, the market on Monday closed at its highest levels in two months due to strong gains in the mining and energy sectors. The S&P/ASX200 index closed above 5,000 points for the first time since May 23. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

State Street wins $780m LGS mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... our environmental, social and governance investment principles and will exclude stocks from industries such as uranium mining, gambling, armaments and tobacco." LGS has gained the reputation of being an ethically and environmentally responsible investor ...

Economy 'not running out of puff': Wayne Swan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... Australians that the economy is 'not running out of puff' with the construction and services sectors well poised to replace the mining sector as drivers of economic growth. In his first public address since being replaced by Chris Bowen at The Economist ...