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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... stocks as the carry trade unwinds, profits are locked in... It will be a very tough day to be a bottom-up investor." In the mining sector, market heavyweight BHP Billiton had fallen 46 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $32.53, while diversified miner Rio Tinto ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of RBA minutes

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... dropping 18 cents to $29.29, National Australia Bank shedding 28 cents to $29.64 and ANZ relinquishing 22 cents to $28.23. The mining giants were mixed, despite a rise in iron ore prices, with BHP Billiton offloading 12 cents to $32.68 but Rio Tinto ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... increasing strength of the big four banks in the super sector; the need to source better member information through data mining; and improved communication with members. "Whoever unlocks the door to whatever turns people on will be winners," one respondent ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of US Fed meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as concerns about US Federal Reserve bond buying dents sentiment, with banking and mining stocks both in negative territory. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said speculation about the American central bank's quantitative ...

Australian shares open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... morning, all sectors are posting losses, with the large miners leading the market down. Embattled gold producer Newcrest Mining is on track for a seventh consecutive day of losses, dropping 24.5 cents, or 2.05 per cent, to $11.685. Making news, Rio Tinto ...

Aust shares open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... 1.24 per cent, to $64.59; and Westpac was 54 cents, or 1.94 per cent, lower at $27.27. Making news, gold miner Newcrest Mining defended its actions surrounding last week's writedowns and jobs cuts, denying it had breached disclosure rules or selectively ...

Aust shares edge higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... companies. In materials, BHP Billiton was two cents weaker at $33.07 and Rio Tinto was flat at $53.20. Gold miner Newcrest Mining's week started as horribly as last week ended, with the stock down 33 cents, or 2.7 per cent, at $12.02. The company last ...

Aussie shares weaken ahead of long weekend

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... price of gold in 30 years. Its shares fell by 9.73 per cent, or $1.30, to $12.06. Global growth worries are hitting other mining stocks, with BHP Billiton shedding 33 cents to $33.44, ahead of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie's address to Melbourne Mining ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... Council/Deloittte lunch in Brisbane, while BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie is scheduled to address a Melbourne Mining Club function in London. No equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed more than ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... circumstance we would probably be down 10 points anyway just waiting." The RBA cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having ...