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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... steady at $3.29. Materials also lost 2.2 per cent on the back of falls on offshore metals markets overnight. Mining giant BHP Billiton fell 77 cents, or 2.1 per cent, to $36.62 and Rio Tinto lost 2.3 per cent, or $1.56, to $66.44. Fortescue Metals Group ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... Energy, which jumped 20 cents, or 12.9 per cent, to $1.75. Materials also rose 1.2 per cent, after a weak start to the day, with BHP Billiton up 26 cents to $37.46, and fellow miner Rio Tinto 2.1 per cent, or $1.38 higher at $67.78. A stronger Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... rising for every one that fell. The materials sector was the strongest on the market, rising 2.5 per cent. Among the miners, BHP Billiton advanced 2.3 per cent, or 82 cents, to $37.12, while fellow miner Rio Tinto gained $2.01, or 3.2 per cent, to $65.29. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... with copper rising in overnight trade for the first time in six sessions, supported by a weaker US dollar. Among the miners, BHP Billiton rose 2.6 per cent, or 92 cents, to $36.05, while fellow miner Rio Tinto gained 4.3 per cent, or $2.59, to $62.89. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... financial sectors were both up by more than two per cent by 1030 AEDT. The major miners have started the day strongly, with BHP Billiton $132, or 3.9 per cent, better at $35.18, Rio Tinto have lifted $1.78, or three per cent, to $60.78 and Fortescue ...

Dividends boom as capital returned to investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... and were instead buying up resources which have recently underperformed. "In stock movements this translates into buys of BHP and Rio and selling down the banks, in-line with our strategy of providing investors with an easy access point to a disciplined ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... giant Rio Tinto fell 80 cents or 1.3 per cent to $61.65 after announcing it had bought 500,000 of its own shares. Fellow miner BHP Billiton pulled the sector higher, rising five cents to $35,09. Fortescue Metals shares gained two per cent to $4.54 after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... commodity prices over the past week and also in overnight trade, Mr Burmester said. The materials sector was down by 2.4 per cent. BHP Billiton had dropped 85 cents, or 2.4 per cent, to $34.67, and Rio Tinto had lost $2.22, or 3.5 per cent, to $61.83. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... Tinto gained $2.89 to $63.09 after it increased its stake in Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines to 49 per cent while fellow miner BHP Billiton rose $1.10, or 3.2 per cent at $35.05. CityIndex chief market analyst Peter Esho said that despite wide-ranging scepticism ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... Mining giant Rio Tinto shed 0.78 per cent to $62.16 after announcing it had purchased 600,000 of its own shares. Fellow miner BHP Billiton rose 0.46 per cent to $34.71. Typically defensive health care stocks outperformed, up 2.13 per cent, with medical ...

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