BHP Billiton Limited is dually listed on the Ftse and australlian stock exchange. which one should i look at for the price and chart? and plus what does this mean? Public (LSE: BLT) (NYSE: BHP), (NYSE: BBL), (ASX: BHP) & (JSE: BIBLT) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP_Billiton does that mean it's listed on the nyse as well?
BHP & RIO are the 2 largest Australian resource cos. Both trade on NYSE which makes it economic to trade if you have a US brokerage account. nyse symbol for RIO is RTP nyse symbol for BHP is BHP They both trade in London as well. But in the London cash market you pay .5% stamp duty (taxes) so it's more expensive for general public.