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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... fell 88 cents or 2.2 per cent, to $39.10 and its takeover target Rio Tinto fell $1.22 or to $121.93. Elsewhere, Macarthur Coal Ltd, the supplier of more than a third of the world's pulverised coal, increased its annual profit guidance after a rise in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... June. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer inflation expectations for June is also due. In company news, thermal coal company APAC Coal lists. CSR Ltd holds its annual general meeting. United Group Ltd managing director Richard Leupen addresses ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... losses had been recovered. "We've coped it badly today, the fall is being generated by the resources sector after the price of coal was down 10 per cent last night," Mr Klusman said. "The banks aren't doing too bad and we are recommending that people ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... cent, to 2,251.46. LONDON - UK stocks shed 1 per cent, extending the previous session's sharp losses as miners fell on weaker coal prices and Marks & Spencer slumped after a profit warning, though drugmakers rose. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,426.3 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Hong Kong stocks fell one per cent in volatile trade, led by shares in Chinese telecom companies, oil producer CNOOC and coal stocks. The Hang Seng Index ended down 252.51 points at 24,123.25. WELLINGTON - UK stocks steadied from a previous dramatic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... soared 57 cents to $3.90 after Royal Dutch Shell plc, Europe's largest oil company, formed a $776 million alliance with the coal seam gas producer and liquefied natural gas (LNG) hopeful. On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... improved $13.6 billion or $15.50 cash per share takeover offer from Britain's BG Group Plc, citing the increased value of its coal seam gas reserves and surprising its predator. Origin's shares soared $1.36, or 9.32 per cent, higher to $15.96 at 1201 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... of selling," Mr Smith said. Energy stocks were being bought because of the demand for gas. "The main thrust in energy is coal seam gas. Woodside is going up because of the LNG." Woodside added $1.29, or two per cent, to $65.79 and Santos rose 33 cents ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... feed-in tariffs, Australia's problem is that 90 per cent of electricity production in a State like NSW is generated burning coal. It means the debate in Australia is really about large-scale base load energy production. But Fell dismisses the criticism ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... closed at a record above $127 a barrel, lifting shares of Exxon Mobil Corp nearly 2 per cent. Higher oil prices also boosted coal companies, which analysts said stand to benefit from businesses looking for cheaper, alternative fuels. But oil prices had ...