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Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
All this talk about prices heating up is melting financial market optimism. Investors have every right to be worried if, indeed, the cost of goods and services continue to head north. Last night's report that UK inflation jumped to 4.0 per cent - double ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... a little bit as the day progresses," he said. Rio also announced it has extended the offer period of its takeover bid for coal miner Riversdale Mining by 14 days to March 4. Its shares were up 16 cents at $88.54 while Riversdale was down two cents at ...

IGCC launches climate risk survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
Australia/New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) are launching an international survey to find practical tools for investors to benchmark their performance on managing climate risk The survey, to be run by global investment consulting firm ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... trading. "Gains in the resources follows on from a very strong profit in London last night from Xstrata, one of the leading coal and mineral companies in the world," he said. OZ Minerals was higher, too, up four cents, or 2.3 per cent, at $1.805, after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... the Australian economy is expected to fully recover from the shock of the Queensland floods by the second half of 2011, as coal production in the Sunshine State recovers. Airport owner MAp Group says its Brussels Airport reported a 6.7 per cent lift ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... said a shifting economic and regulatory environment would make the year ahead "interesting". Tower was up one cent at $3.92. Coal producer New Hope Corporation has declared force majeure on some export coal contracts, as it negotiates with the Queensland ...

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
I don't know about you but it seems to me that everybody and his dog are now tuning in into the "Fiscal Deficit & Sovereign Debt Watch" show. Of course, there's nothing closer to our Australian hearts than the Gillard and Swan tandem disaster levy just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
The Australian market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend, with two of three key Wall St indices higher, whilst energy and precious metals prices were lower. On the ASX 24 at 0621 AEDT, the March share price index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... share market was lower at noon, dragged down by resources stocks on a weak overseas lead and after BHP Billiton said its coal production had been hampered by Queensland's floods. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.7 points lower, by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... weaker, with BHP Billiton down 39 cents at $45.46 and Rio Tinto falling $1.01 or 1.15 per cent to $86.52. Investors sold down coal miners with exposures to Queensland last week, and Mr Hancock said these stocks were trading down still. "The inability ...