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.
Here’s today’s latest updates on the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) and the broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) share prices.
The Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) share price is in focus after the iron ore miner gave a Simandou iron ore project update.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) index adding 51.5 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 7124.7, with nine of the 11 sectors finishing in the green. The broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) index also rose 0.7 per cent, in its case 51 points, to 7,336.1.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.76% to 6,987.60.
News that US inflation had fallen to just 3.2% for the year to October sent a rocket up global share markets, with the All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) gaining 1.5% and the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) up 1.4% as ten of the 11 industry sectors finished higher.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) index advanced 19.5 points, or 0.3%, to 7014.9, while the broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) index rose 16.7 points, or 0.2%, to 7,215.
Telstra Group Ltd (ASX: TLS) gained 5 cents, or 1.3%, to $3.92, after being up 2.3% at one point, as it was perceived as benefiting from the big outage at rival Optus. In Singapore, the shares of Optus’ owner Singapore Telecom were down 5.2% on the news, and finished down 4.8% for the day.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.26% to 6995.40.
The Australian dollar and bond yields slid after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash rate by 0.25% on Melbourne Cup Day, to 4.35%.
