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The holidays are over and companies are back in business to face the new year for the rollercoaster ride of share prices. The lists below are a record of the best and worst traded stocks in the ASX100, ASX200 and All Ordinaries in the Australian Securities Exchange in the first week of 2012, January 2-6, 2012.

Best Performing Trade Stocks ASX100 (XTO)

ASX100

As the year 2011 closed, share prices continued to fluctuate as companies and investors continue to trade stocks. This is a record of the best and worst traded stocks in the indices ASX100, ASX200 and All Ordinaries in the Australian Securities Exchange in the last week of 2011, December 26 to 30, 2011.

Best Performing Trade Stocks ASX100 (XTO)

ASX100

This is a record of the top three best and worst traded stocks in the ASX100, ASX200 and All Ordinaries of the Australian Stock Exchange in the 48th week of 2011, from November 28 to December 2, 2011.

Best Performing Trade Stocks ASX100 (XTO)

ASX 100

A lot of companies have scheduled their Annual General Meeting tomorrow, November 25, 2011. Also included in the sharemarket list of events for Friday are two upcoming ex-dividendsand a float.

Ex-Dividends

• RHG has declared a 6 cent per share interim dividend, fully franked.

Sundance Resources (ASX:SDL) has recommended a $1.65 billion takeover bid from China's Hanlong Mining. The sweetened price represents a 65.3 percent premium to Sundance's volume weighted average price in July.

To win the Sundance board over, Hanlong raised its original 50 cents per share offer to 57 cents a share, a 14 percent increase. The privately-held Chinese company has its eye on Sundance's Mbalam iron ore project in Africa's Cameroon and Congo.

To further develop its Mbalam iron ore venture, metals explorer Sundance Resources (ASX:SDL) said it would place 148.1 million new shares at 40.5 cents without the need for shareholder approval in a $60m placement raising to investors.

Share Filter of the Bottom 10 Stocks on the ASX 200 for the week. These stocks decreased their share price by the largest percentage on the Australian sharemarket, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from the previous week of trading (12th week: 21st March to 25th March 2011). Other lists of ASX companies by Market capitalisation.

Best Performing Stocks on the S&P ASX 200 for the week. These stocks increased their share price by the largest percentage on the Australian sharemarket, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from the previous week of trading (5th week: 31st January to 4th February 2011). Other lists of ASX companies by market capitalisation. Winners include: MMX, AGO, ELD, AVO, RRL, MAH, SDL, EQN, SBM, MML.

S&P ASX 200 Shares Losers companies for the week. These stocks decreased their share price by the largest percentage on the Australian sharemarket, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) from the previous week of trading (3rd week: 17th January to 21st January 2011). Other lists of ASX companies by Market capitalisation.