Miners drive Australian stocks up
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The Australian share market renewed its climb Tuesday, led by gains on Wall Street and a turnaround in the miners that had driven the market to its biggest fall in six months the day before.
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Shares climbed as investors bet economies and earnings would keep growing even as interest rates rise.
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London equities opened in positive territory on Friday as miners continued to rally on firmer base metal prices and the FTSE was cheered by a strong session on Wall Street overnight.
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Mining stocks made gains on Thursday amid talk of further M&A activity.
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Gold and platinum prices soared to record highs Friday after mine stoppages in South Africa, a leading producer of the precious metals, fed buying on supply concerns.
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Europe's main stock markets rebounded on Tuesday, with London lifted by heavyweight mining shares after a recovery by Wall Street overnight.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday,as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector and Wall Street futures took off after Microsoft made an offer for Yahoo.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices. The company is considering returning as much as $2 billion to investors, including share buybacks.
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Stocks were poised to open higher on Monday, boosted by deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Profits at Australian mining firm WMC Resources rise fivefold as reports say the government is opposed to a bid from a Swiss firm.
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Leading shares closed higher, with further gains across the miners and fresh M&amp;A talk among financials giving the FTSE 100 a leg-up towards the 6,000 level in thin Labor Day volumes, dealers said.
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THE stock market continued on its bullish performance by noon today, extending recent record highs with BHP Billiton in the vanguard.
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Miner Xstrata Plc  beat forecasts by more than doubling its 2006 adjusted profit and said strong demand from China and India, coupled with tight supplies, would keep metal prices high, boosting its shares.
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UK blue-chips ended the day up, building on Tuesday&#39;s rally, with miners and financials driving gains although Northern Rock remained under pressure, while Wall Street extended its surge, a day after a half-point rate cut from the Fed.
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Mining giant BHP Billiton has completed a bigger-than-expected A$2.27 billion (950 million pound) share buyback, driving up its stock price as investors reinvest profits from the tax-efficient deal.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday, led by gains in energy and semi-conductor shares.