Laura Besarati
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22,504 appearances
296 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2024
last heard 17 Sep
Laura Besarati’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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as well as supply disruptions caused by wild weather in Chile, which is the world's largest copper-producing nation.
So higher copper prices have seen many of our miners leading today's gains.
BHP, of course, the largest stock on the Aussie market,
is one of the biggest supports.
It's up by over 2%.
Rio Tinto, about 2.5% higher.
And then some of the smaller copper miners like Sandfire Resources, Capstone Copper, 29 Metals, they've all jumped between the range of around 2% to around 4.5% today.
So that's really supported the broader materials sector.
Shares of SkyCity have jumped to the highest level since April, up around 12% after the gaming and hotels company agreed to sell Auckland's Grand Hotel to an overseas buyer.
and this is part of its broader strategy to monetise its assets.
Now, the agreement is not yet set in stone and it's still subject to some conditions being met.
They also said financial terms remain confidential at this stage.
So investors don't know exactly how much they'll get from the sale, but what they do know is that the proceeds will be used to repay debt and strengthen the company's balance sheet, which will help support investors.
its long-term operational resilience.
So investors did take this as a positive sign for the company's future.
And that's why SkyCity is doing second best on the top 500.
Westfarmers, the owner of Bunnings and Kmart, was in focus today as well.
Now, keep in mind, they don't only own retailers.
They are very diversified.
So today's news was centred around its lithium division.
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