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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... copper mine in 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 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... 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 news, pay TV operator FOXTEL is free to take over regional ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... 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 reported ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... 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 stocks were fairly flat, with ANZ shares down one ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... analyst 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 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... $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 gained three cents to $24.69, Westpac found ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... 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 led higher by Santos which gained 17 cents, or 1.19 per cent ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... 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 posted larger gains. Grange Resources was up ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... 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, or 2.13 per cent, at $63.29. "A lot of buyers will be coming in to BHP at these ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... today," he said. "BHP is leading the charge lower." Mining giant BHP Billiton fell 64 cents, or 1.81 per cent, to $34.67, while Rio Tinto lost 84 cents, or 1.28 per cent, to $64.77. Wall Street's major indices made modest losses, as concerns over China's ...