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Insider Buying: BHP Billiton plc (BLT) Insider Purchases 28,000 Shares of Stock

2016-03-11 19:03:10| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

BHP Billiton plc insider Brinded,Malcolm purchased 28,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 9th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 815 per share, for a total transaction of A 228,200 .

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BHP dividend cut heralds the death of the yield play

2016-02-27 06:14:30| Grocery - Topix.net

The cut came as no surprise to institutional investors, many of whom had been urging BHP and its old rival Rio Tinto to rethink the size of their dividends. That didn't prevent a good old-fashioned shareprice rout when the bad news finally landed; BHP shares fell 11 per cent in three days as yield-focused investors accepted that one of Australia's biggest companies was no longer satisfying their lust for yield.

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Worst day for BHP since 2008 as market plummets

2016-02-24 08:09:09| Agriculture - Topix.net

A savage reversal in the recent commodities rally hit Australian shares hard on Wednesday despite some solid earnings results, as investors punished the big four banks and BHP endured its worst day since 2008 with a massive 8.2 per cent fall. A decline on Wall Street plus a 5 per cent drop in Brent crude oil to $US32.94 per barrel brought the market down from the onset, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index continuing to slide in the session to finish 104 points, or 2.1 per cent, lower at 4875.0 while the broader All Ordinaries index slipped 1.9 per cent to 4943.3. "It's the same concerns emerging about global growth," said Macquarie division director Martin Lakos.

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