Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO)
Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO)’s origins date back more than 145 years but today it is one of world’s largest aluminium and iron ore producers, with much of its sales revenue coming from its operates in Western Australia. It also owns, fully or partly, mining projects for copper, diamonds, uranium and other minerals.
Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) share price
Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) share price news
Banks lead S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) lower
The Australian sharemarket closed at its lowest point in 11 months on Wednesday, hampered by a weak lead-in from Wall Street, and its interest-rate worries.
S&P/ASX200 (INDEXASX:XJO) feels the rates heat
The Australia share market retreated to a six-month low on Tuesday, as global markets felt the pressure from surging bond yields – despite, in Australia’s case, the Reserve Bank leaving the official cash rate on hold at 4.1 per cent, for a fifth straight month.
The Match Out: Stocks hit 6-month low as the RBA holds rates at 4.1%
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down +1.28% to 6943.40.
The Match Out: Low volume into the long weekend (for some)
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.34% to 7048.60.
The Match Out: Shares slip, but Uranium shares rip!
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.45% to 7044.90.
Morning Update: All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) finishes higher
Another 4% fall in the price of iron ore was almost enough to drive the S&P/ASX200 (INDEXASX: XJO) lower, with the materials sector falling 0.7% to open the week.
The Match Out: Shares show backbone (again) in light holiday trade
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.11% to 7076.50.
The Match Out: Energy and Resources weigh on the index as traders wait on the Fed
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.46% to 7163.30.
S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) slides ahead of Federal Reserve meeting
The local share market fell for a second straight day on Tuesday, ahead of a flurry of central bank meetings, and following the release of a set of minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia that were taken as implying that the local central bank is considered raising rates.