Australia shares seen up on economy optimism - ninemsn
SYDNEY Jan 7 Reuters - Australian stocks could rise for a second session on Wednesday buoyed by gains in overseas markets amid cautious hopes that fiscal stimulus around the world may speed a recovery. Share index futures stood 1.6 percent higher ...
Market latest: Australia - ninemsn
MELBOURNE Jan 2 Reuters - Australian stocks fell 0.8 percent on Friday erasing earlier gains in a light-volume start to the new year as mining heavyweight BHP Billiton BHP.AX and three of the top four banks lost ground. The benchmark SPASX ...
UPDATE 3-M'bishi Materials wins 70 pct hike in '09 copper talks - Reuters
TOKYO Jan 6 Reuters - Mitsubishi Materials Corp 5711.T said it had won a roughly 70 percent hike in copper processing fees from Freeport-McMoran Copper Gold FCX.N in what is believed to be the first fee rise won by a Japanese copper ...
UPDATE 2-JFE wants iron ore prices to fall to 07/08 levels - Reuters
TOKYO Jan 6 Reuters - JFE Steel Co wants prices of iron ore and coking coal for term supply in the 200910 business year to fall to at least 200708 levels due to a precipitous decline in steel demand president Hajime Bada said on Tuesday. The ...