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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... 1213 AEDT and Rio Tinto was 60 cents higher at $61.35. "We're looking at Alumina today after the parent company in the US, Alcoa, reported better than expected third quarter earnings," Ms Saly said. Shares in Alumina were up 10 cents, or 5.42 per cent ...

Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... broadly down day during last night's trading - both ending 0.3 per cent higher - while the Dow slipped by 0.1 per cent after Alcoa, America's biggest aluminium producer, reported...you guessed it, 'better-than-expected' third quarter earnings. US stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... investors are keenly focused on earnings reports for the July-September quarter for more clues about the economy. Aluminum maker Alcoa Inc will be the first of the 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average to report results after the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... Development of Australia Resources Overview meets, featuring Rio Tinto's Sam Walsh, Woodside Petroleum's Mark Chatterji, Alcoa of Australia's Alan Cransberg, Newcrest Mining's Geoff Day and Minara Resources' Peter Johnston. The Paydirt Africa Down Under ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... 3761.4 points. NEW YORK - Investors are cautiously moving back into stocks after being reassured by better earnings from Alcoa Inc and a decline in claims for jobless benefits. Stocks edged higher on Thursday after Alcoa reported a smaller-than-expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... nervous ahead of the January-March earnings reporting season, which kicked off after the market closed with aluminum giant Alcoa, a Dow component. Alcoa posted a $US497 million ($A700.35 million) loss during its first quarter. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Premier Nathan Rees addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on Investment Opportunities in NSW. In Melbourne, Alcoa Australia managing director Alan Cransberg also addresses The American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on Leadership ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... $40.20, takeover target Rio Tinto added $2.75, or 2.26 per cent, to $124.25. Bauxite miner Alumina, the minority partner in Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals, rose eight cents, or 1.83 per cent, to $4.45. It was a mixed noon for the finance sector. Westpac ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... be rising. The Dow also got a big boost after Citigroup raised its forecast for the price of aluminum, lifting shares of Alcoa Inc 6.6 per cent. Caterpillar Inc, a top maker of earth-moving equipment, also rose. The Dow Jones industrial average rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... straight closing record high and metal prices advanced as the US dollar fell, driving up the shares of Chevron Corp and Alcoa Inc. Investors also took heart from fresh data suggesting the economy, while soft, was not crumbling rapidly. The Dow Jones ...