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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... Woodside Petroleum rose 21 cents to $32.35 and Santos added 18 cents to $11.45. Materials rose 0.36 per cent. Mining giant Rio Tinto fell 80 cents or 1.3 per cent to $61.65 after announcing it had bought 500,000 of its own shares. Fellow miner BHP Billiton ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... said. The materials sector was down by 2.4 per cent. BHP Billiton had dropped 85 cents, or 2.4 per cent, to $34.67, and Rio Tinto had lost $2.22, or 3.5 per cent, to $61.83. Gold, silver and copper prices all drifted lower in offshore markets. The spot ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... which closed 3.9 per cent lower on Monday, were leading the market at noon, trading 4.01 per cent higher. Mining giant Rio Tinto gained $2.89 to $63.09 after it increased its stake in Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines to 49 per cent while fellow miner BHP ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... gained 1.2 per cent to $24.86 after it forecast a two- to six-per cent increase in this year's net profit. Mining giant Rio Tinto shed 0.78 per cent to $62.16 after announcing it had purchased 600,000 of its own shares. Fellow miner BHP Billiton rose ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... fell overnight. Among the major miners at 1217 AEST, BHP Billiton was down 83 cents, or 2.33 per cent, at $34.80, and Rio Tinto was down $1.69, or 2.6 per cent, at $63.41. Rio Tinto was down 10 per cent in London overnight and seven per cent in the US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... big falls on Wall Street after the US central bank downgraded its economic outlook. The big miners led the falls, with Rio Tinto shares shedding more than five per cent and BHP Billiton shares falling almost 3.5 per cent. At 1200 AEST on Thursday the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... 2.15 per cent, at $15.22. The big mining companies were down slightly, with BHP Billiton down 12 cents at $36.68 and Rio Tinto down eight cents at $68.82. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,799.80 per fine ounce, up $US12.27 from $US1,787.53 on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... hardest hit, falling 1.4 per cent. Mining giant BHP Billiton dropped 59 cents or 1.6 per cent to $37.01, with fellow miner Rio Tinto down $1.08 to $69.12. The energy sector also took a beating, after oil prices tumbled in London and New York on Monday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... handlers and caterers are preparing to take nationwide strike action that could disrupt flights for up to 48 hours. RIO - RIO TINTO LTD - up $1.03, or 1.5 per cent, at $69.38 Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest $US833 million ($A813.00 million) in infrastructure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... per cent, at $$3.63. Hearing aid maker Cochlear was the worst, falling $1.30, or 2.5 per cent, to $50. Mining giant Rio Tinto gained $1.02, or 1.5 per cent, to $69.37 after it announced it would invest $US833 million ($A813.00 million) in infrastructure ...