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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... the three months to March. PanAust shares were 11 cents, or 3.7 per cent, higher at $3.08. Market heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton were all higher, with Rio shares up 0.9 per cent at $64.09 and BHP shares were up 0.6 per cent at $33.78. The spot ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... Saffer said. "That's caused weakness in our markets." Major resources companies were down by more than one per cent, with BHP Billiton 40 cents, or 1.16 per cent, lower at $34.04 and Rio Tinto 76 cents, or 1.16 per cent, lower at $64.53. In companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... last two days as commodity prices fell and fears heightened over European debt. "Given we're so tied to commodity prices with BHP, Rio and Fortescue - that's the major reason we've come off," he said. World oil prices tumbled after the US government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... data and base metals also closed higher. Locally, resources stocks opened strongly with shares in Australia's biggest miner BHP Billiton up 23 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at $35.35 and Rio Tinto up 99 cents, or 1.5 per cent, at $67.18. The major financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Cameron Peacock said the Australian resources sector was 1.6 per higher at the local open, with market heavyweights Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group leading the charge. "The big driver of our market has been the Chinese PMI released ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... the competition watchdog approved Amcor's $238 million acquisition of Aperio Group. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was down 10 cents at $34.33, and Rio Tinto added four cents to $64.14. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... light crude oil advancing 0.54 per cent to $US107.15. Materials stocks benefitted in opening trade, with market heavyweight BHP Billiton firming 38 cents, or 1.11 per cent, to $34.57 and Rio Tinto up 38 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $64.13. Oil stocks were ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... traded. A fall in the US dollar since the end of last week, has meant a rise in commodity prices in Australian dollar terms. BHP Billiton was up two cents at $34.42 and Rio Tinto was up 12 cents at $63.82, but it was the smaller resources stocks that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... space" was expected, with the world's biggest miner approaching three-month lows, said IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu. BHP Billiton stocks were 62 cents, or 1.78 per cent, weaker at $34.18, while Rio Tinto stocks were faring worse, down $1.38 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... 20,856.63 while Shanghai was flat, nudging 1.36 percent higher to 2,378.20. Concerns about China were raised on Tuesday when BHP Billiton said the country's demand for iron ore looked to be flattening as its economy slows, with exports weakening. WELLINGTON ...