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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... ground on Monday, with BHP shares up 26 cents at $31.21 and Rio Tino 14 cents higher at $51.78. But shares in Newcrest mining were down 36 cents, or 3.64 per cent at $9.54, after falling 7.7 per cent on Monday following a drop in the gold price.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is starting the week flat, as weakness in commodity prices and mining stocks offsets gains in other sectors. US stocks rose about one per cent after better-than-expected labour force data on Friday showed more jobs were created ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... services company Boart Longyear have fallen heavily after it said earnings may be further downgraded due to a slowdown in the mining sector. Its shares were down 2.5 cents, or 3.7 per cent, at 65 cents.

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... fallen by 3.4% and the 'longer-duration' 30-years are down 4.6%. I'm on a roll so let's not stop there. In April this year, mining.com quoted Mr. Edwards sticking by his forecast that gold will reach US$10,000 an ounce. Gold's now down to US$1,202.60 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... expected. In Australia, the market on Friday fell on the last day of trade in the financial year as cautious investors sold mining and insurance stocks. Australia's share market gained 17 per cent over the past year, but the final week of 2012/13 proved ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... emerged as a result of this coup. Would KRudd, for instance, ditch Julia's unpopular policies such as the carbon tax and the mining tax? And then, there's the timing of the next election...and Krudd's leadership character. Can a leopard really change ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... release job vacancy figures for the three months to May. Blackham Resources managing director Bryan Dixon speaking at WA Mining Club luncheon. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday surged as investors piled back into ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... details. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said it looked like the Australian market would finally have a good day, especially mining stocks that recently have been battered. "We should see blanket pick-ups, but the VIX (volatility) index is still quite ...

Former Deutsche PM joins 90 West

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Goldman Sachs to trade long short Australian equities. 90 West said he has strong risk management skills stemming from his mining engineering training, industry experience and from managing many different portfolio styles in multiple firms over 20 ye ...

Environmental trends a boost for Impax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... Simm explained that allocating to companies in the resource efficiency space could off-set some of the risks prevalent in mining and resources stocks. "Policy shocked linked to climate change and energy will become a significant feature of the investment ...