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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... at 1039 after the retailer said US private equity firm TPG's $1.45 a share takeover offer undervalued the company. The mining giants and the four major banks were all higher at open. BHP Billiton was up 16 cents to $31.15, Fortescue was 15 cents higher ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... at 1039 after the retailer said US private equity firm TPG's $1.45 a share takeover offer undervalued the company. The mining giants and the four major banks were all higher at open. BHP Billiton was up 16 cents to $31.15, Fortescue was 15 cents higher ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, Wesfarmers is due to post fourth quarter sales results, Newcrest Mining and Whitehaven Coal are scheduled to release June quarter results and Australand its first half results. In Australia, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... heading into our reporting season and there's probably a realisation that maybe things aren't going to be too good." The mining giants opened significantly lower with BHP Billiton shedding 57 cents to $30.36, while Rio Tinto losing $1.11 to $50.65. OZ ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... received a $1.45-a-share takeover offer from US private equity firm TPG. Its shares are currently in a trading halt. The mining giants were all higher at open. BHP Billiton was 11 cents up to $30.66, Rio Tinto was 28.5 cents higher at $51.80 and Fortescue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... market on Monday, closed 1.7 per cent lower amid renewed fears about the European debt crisis and the end of Australia's mining boom. At 1615 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 70.2 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 4,128.9, while the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... anymore aid." At 1010 AEST on the Australian share market, Leighton Holdings' shares fell 1.7 per cent to $15.94, after its mining services arm Thiess won a $2.3 billion contract to extend coal mining in Queensland's Bowen Basin. Goodman Fielder shares ...

Digging dirt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... going to the wall as labour costs continue to rise, profit margins flatline and banks play hardball on funding." "Outside mining, Australia is in the midst of a downturn in residential, commercial and public sector infrastructure activity." Sowee but ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Jones Industrial Average added a hefty 103.16 points (0.81 per cent), finishing the session at 12,908.70. Locally, the mining giants recovered from Wednesday's losses, with Rio Tinto 49 cents higher at $53.27 and BHP Billiton was up 55 cents at $30.73 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... Industrial Average closed at 12,805.54, gaining 78.33 points (0.62 per cent) that more than erased Monday's losses. Locally, the mining giants were lower. At 1030 AEST Rio Tinto was 89 cents down at $53.55 while BHP Billiton was down 24 cents at $30.56 ...