Australian Stock Index Falls, Led by BHP Billiton
2006
Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index had its biggest drop in three months, led by BHP Billiton, on concern record high oil prices will slow global economic growth and demand for commodities.
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Japanese shares fell on Wednesday as a stronger yen and worries over earnings outlooks weighed on tech stocks, but hefty gains in mining giant BHP  pushed the Australian market to fresh record highs.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest mining company, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices and said it may return as much as $2 billion to investors, including through share buybacks.
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Resource stocks such as BHP Billiton   BHP.AX slid on Tuesday, hit by weak commodity prices, raising   the risk for similar declines in European peers but oil and   gold eked out a small rebound after recent steep falls.
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MELBOURNE - Australian stocks finished 0.1 per cent higher on Friday, underpinned by global mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, and ended the week flat, just 10 points off a record high hit 9 days ago.
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Australian oil-related stocks fell, led by Woodside Petroleum Ltd., after crude futures had the biggest decline in more than a month.
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Leading shares closed down as Wall Street rallied with investors coming back to the market after Monday's Labor Day holiday, and with weakness in utility and property stocks offsetting strength in the mining sector.
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MELBOURNE - Australian stocks ended 0.1 per cent higher on Tuesday as a new appointment helped boost National Australia Bank, while heavyweight resource group BHP Billiton slipped after recent gains.
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NEW YORK, October 5  - BHP Billiton Limited (BHP.NYS), the world&#39;s largest mining company, has announced its plans to return up to A$1.
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MELBOURNE: BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc, the world&#39;s largest diversified miner, said yesterday it would buy back up to A$1.5bil of its Australia-listed shares at a discount to the market price.
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SYDNEY, Oct 18  - Shares in Australian financial services group AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd tumbled Monday after its France-based parent AXA SA withdrew a AUD 3.1 billion (USD 2.2 billion) offer to take 100 percent control, dealers said.
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Gold mining company stocks fell on   Monday as the price of the metal dropped below $600 per ounce   for the first time in more than two months.
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Sharp falls in Anglo American and miner Gold Fields pushed South Africa&#39;s benchmark JSE Top-40 index 1.7 percent lower on Monday.
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Britain's FTSE 100 (.FTSE) index of  leading shares reversed early gains on Thursday as commodity  stocks weighed, but Cairn Energy  topped the leaderboard  after a successful share placement.
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Shares in insurance company AXA Asia Pacific have tumbled after a takeover offer from its French parent company was rejected by the Australian directors.
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Leading London shares closed lower Monday with Northern Rock plummeting 35 percent, Alliance &amp; Leicester down over 32 percent, and the US unable to offer much support ahead of the US Federal Reserve&#39;s decision on interest rates tomorrow.
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, posted first-half net profits of 6.017 billion dollars Wednesday, down 2.4 percent.