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Evening Market Report: August 24

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Publish date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011, 05:17 PM
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Despite opening strongly, the Aussie market finished today in negative territory amid lingering worries over the sputtering US economy.

In the resource space, Rio Tinto fell 1.7% whilst BHP ended flat ahead of its results which were released after the bell.

Strong commodity prices helped the mining giant deliver an 86% surge in FY11 profit to US$23.6 billion.

WorleyParsons was bright spot in the energy sector (+10%) after forecasting a healthy FY12 result.

Also making reporting news was Qantas, which declined 1.3% despite its underlying result beating analyst estimates.

The ASX 200 slipped six points (-0.1%), closing at 4168.

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