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Month: January 2020

Stock Rio Tinto (RIO) $105.14 as at 17/01/2020 Event Out today with their December quarter production numbers and the stock is trading higher on the back of a reasonable effort for the full year. The two key production areas were all in line with guidance, while FY20 shaping up to be another sound year based […]

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Stock Nufarm (NUF) $5.40 as at 17/01/2020 Event Nufarm has been forced to lower the market’s expectations for the half year result today with shares coming off more than 10% as a result. The company flagged issues – particularly in North America and Germany – in November, but was today able to give a more […]

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South32 (S32) unch; This is a stock firmly on our radar and today they delivered their December Quarter production & sales numbers – all looked OK. Aluminium was flat QoQ  but there was power issues so a reasonable outcome, Alumina was up on the quarter and the half although prices were weaker, Manganese production was […]

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Whitehaven Coal (WHC) unch; mixed day for Whitehaven as they reported on their 2nd quarter production efforts. We have seen Whitehaven climb into the report – although more so on the back of some better coal prices than any real market exuberance about their chances today given the downgrade the company put through late last year. […]

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Woodside (WPL) +0.56%; a reasonable 4th quarter production report helped Woodside close in the black today against a weaker the energy sector. Production was up 3% on the prior quarter to 25.7MMboe, with revenue up to $US1,446M with better sales volumes more than offsetting the easing in LNG prices. Woodside was keen to show off […]

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Perpetual (PPT) +0.35%; released Funds Under Management (FUM) for the quarter this morning with outflows in equities offset by inflows into fixed income products, all in all total FUM ended the month at $26.3b, an increase of $200m. Shares were higher today, but still underperformed the broader market which is uncharacteristic of how Perpetual normally […]

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**This is an extract from the Market Matters Morning Report from 13 January. Click here to get access to the full report and more The chart below illustrates over the last few years the clear inverse correlation between the $US and Base Metals, if our opinion is correct on the $US then we believe there’s a […]

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