| Oz Minerals profits in first half 2010 COPPER miner Oz Minerals posted a half year profit as strong production and buoyant copper and gold prices boosted its bottom line. news.com.au |
Stocks edge higher, keeping September rally alive [AP] - Stocks overcame an early slide Wednesday and closed higher as investors tried to keep a September rally alive. Major indexes had opened lower after a poor reading on factory activity in New York, but turned higher around midday after getting better news on U.S. industrial production. finance.yahoo.com |
Airline stocks under pressure [at MarketWatch] - A stronger dollar and a down market was putting pressure on airline stocks Monday. The NYSE Arca Airline Index was virtually flat at 43.82 points with seven of its 12 components trading up. us.rd.yahoo.com |
US SMALL/MIDCAPS-Industrials lift stocks on earnings Small-cap and mid-cap stocks rose on Wednesday after a series of solid earnings reports boosted shares in the industrial sector. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Oil turns lower, tracking stocks, stronger dollar Crude-oil futures turned lower Monday after the dollar came off its lows and stocks gave up most of their gains. Crude oil for December delivery retreated a penny to $81.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after dipping as low as $81.39 earlier. us.rd.yahoo.com |