ASX large cap resource rally led by Mount Gibson Iron, Woodside Petroleum, Atlas Iron Tuesday, August 09, 2011 by Proactive Investors Australia may be one of the few global stock exchanges to finish in the GREEN today, as the All Ordinaries Index turned a 4% opening plunge into a 1% gain - following the 600 point Dow Jones shemozzle. ASX large resource stocks in favour. The global equity powerhouse known as the Australian Stock Exchange - or so it seems for today anyway - blew off the 634 smashing on Wall Street with the benchmark All Ordinaries Index finishing 40 points HIGHER at 4097. The one per cent closing gain did take a little time, and considering the opening four per cent plunge is one of the best turnarounds on a single day in recent memory. Investors were snapping up bargains all over the ASX, but there was a special twinkle in the eye of the large cap. resource stocks. Leading the north bound charge was Mount Gibson Iron (ASX: MGX) jumping 6.0% to $1.52, closely followed by rare earth play Lynas Corporation (ASX: LYC) which gained 4.2% to $1.88. Other star performers included Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL) which increased 3.0% to $34.81, along with Atlas Iron (ASX: AGO) rallying 2.8% to $3.68 and Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) gaining 2.7% to $5.74. Major resource plays adding more than one per cent included Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) $69.74, Gloucester Coal (ASX: GCL) $8.66, OZ Minerals (ASX: OZL) $11.54, Santos (ASX: STO) $11.45 and BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) $37.05. Just edging into the green by less than one per cent was Ivanhoe Australia (ASX: IVA) $2.19, Alumina (ASX: AWC) $1.79 and Oil Search (ASX: OSH) $6.12. There was still some carnage in the sector, and leading the sell-off was a bit of an oddity in Sundance Resources (ASX: SDL) which headed south 3.3% to $0.44 - quite odd considering the $0.50 takeover bid on the table. Caught in the downslide was PanAust (ASX: PNA) which lost 2.8% to $3.47, with mineral sands focused Iluka Resources (ASX: ILU) off 2.1% to $14.30 and Macarthur Coal (ASX: MCC) giving back 1.9% to close at $14.72. Ending down for the day, but only marginally at one per cent or less, was New Hope Corporation (ASX: NHC) $4.90, Paladin Energy (ASX: PDN) $2.16 and Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) $38.72. 1,99 $ +13,06% auch nicht schlecht! http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/...las-iron-18487.html
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