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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... concerns led to worries about the possible effect on demand for commodities, which then hit the major resource companies. BHP Billiton shed 19 cents to $32.62 while Rio Tinto lost 16 cents to $52.73 as material sector opened 0.45 per cent weaker. Meanwhile ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... at the moment," he said. "There's still a bit of negative sentiment around them and that's keeping the market back a bit." BHP Billiton opened 42 cents down at $32.33 and Rio Tinto dropped $1.07 to $52.89. The four major banks were also lower. ANZ fell ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... weighing down the local market, with the materials sector down 0.94 per cent, on possible concerns about waning global growth. BHP Billiton shares were 22 cents weaker at $33.19 while Rio Tinto had shed 90 cents to $54.07. By comparison, banking stocks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... developing new projects because of falling coal prices and the strong Australian dollar. Elsewhere in the resources sector, BHP Billiton was down 35 cents at $33.80, and Rio Tinto had reversed 49 cents to $57.01. Among other stocks, internet service ...

CEO bonuses tumbled in 2011

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... materially in 2011, the fixed pay for the ASX 100 in the same period held steady. In 2011 the highest paid Top 100 company CEO, BHP Billiton's Marius Kloppers, had a statuary pay of $11,803,992 and a realised pay of $17,343,612. The second highest paid ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... trading week, with metals and minerals stocks up 1.75 per cent and materials sector up 1.38 per cent, according to IRESS data. BHP had risen 75 cents, or 2.25 per cent, to $34.06, while Rio Tinto was up 94 cents, or 1.66 per cent, to $57.52. Moreover ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... spot price of gold in Sydney opened at $US1,769.65 per fine ounce, up $US36.95 on Thursday's close of $US1,732.70 per ounce. BHP Billiton was 68 cents higher at $33.46 and Rio Tinto was $1.56 up at $56.61. The four major banks also opened higher. ANZ ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... has risen slightly, but remains sluggish despite several cash rate cuts and a relatively solid economy. In equities news, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser is scheduled to deliver key speech at Conversation Series lunch in Melbourne. The mining giants ...

Market wrap morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... dwelling unit commencements figures while the Westpac/Melbourne Survey of Consumer Sentiment also due out. In equities news, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser is scheduled to deliver key speech at Conversation Series lunch in Sydney and Investec Asset ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... local market. "Iron ore had a reasonable run last night but they had been priced into yesterday's movement for the big miners BHP and Rio yesterday," he said. US stocks fell overnight as investors digested an unexpected decline in consumer credit and ...