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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... big fine under new EU rules for a "grave" breach of budget limits, the European Commission says. NEW DELHI - Mining giant Rio Tinto plans to invest $US2 billion ($A1.87 billion) in an iron ore project in eastern India in what it says will be Australia's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... AEDT the materials sector was around 0.8 per cent higher. BHP shares were 29 cents, or 0.82 per cent, higher at $35.84 and Rio Tinto shares were 58 cents, or 0.88 per cent, higher at $66.83. Major financial stocks were also trading well on Friday morning. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... Friday's local close of $US1,732.95 per ounce. The big miners were firmer at noon - BHP had advanced 62 cents to $35.82 and Rio Tinto was up $1.20 at $67.77. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the market has been trading sideways since August ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... $20.14 and the Commonwealth Bank was up five cents at $49.90. Resources shares were mixed, with BHP up 14 cents at $35.44 and Rio Tinto down 28 cents to $67.00. In the retail sector, Billabong International shares rallied around 50 per cent after the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... cents to $20.40 and ANZ was down 19 cents at $21.51. The miners were also weaker. BHP opened 67 cents lower at $35.43, while Rio Tinto slipped $1.51 cents to $67.36. In companies news Westpac Banking Corporation's first-quarter cash profit fell slightly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... susceptible to increasing financial and macroeconomic risks from the euro area crisis. Making news on Tuesday, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto said the pair would spend $US4 billion ($A3.75 billion) to increase production at the Escondida copper mine in Chile. ...

The martyrdom of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Hero! Legend! Happy Valentine's Day Greece. I heart you Greece. There's no two ways about it, financial markets responded with a warm, fuzzy feeling (in their pockets) to the Greek Parliament's V-day present - approval of the latest austerity package ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has moved slightly higher as markets continue to react positively to the Greek parliament's passage of fresh austerity measures. The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a positive lead from Wall Street after Greek ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... to $21.92. Major resources and energy stocks were also mixed, with mining giant BHP Billiton gaining eight cents to $36.38, Rio Tinto down 29 cents to $69.69, and Woodside Petroleum losing 14 cents to $35.26. Announcements from corporates continued to ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
"Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones." - The Bee Gees, New York Mining Disaster The optimism that warmed financial markets for the best part of the first six weeks of 2012 has been dented by the comeback of the European sovereign ...