ASX 200 gainers and losers for the week

A gold miner is on top and a retailer had the biggest fall.

Darryl Daté-Shappard

I started investing after finding a copy of Peter Lynch's "Beating the Street" in the English book section of a library in Japan, where I was living at the time in 1997. Seeing that regular people can find investment ideas just as easily as professionals, I used the philosophy of that book to invest in stocks in Japan, and later in Australia after moving in 2001. I also have experience in property investing, and went on to complete my masters degree in Applied Finance at QUT in Brisbane. I follow the investment style of Peter Lynch, Phillip Fisher and Warren Buffett-- knowing what you invest in, doing your homework to keep up with a stock's story and holding a healthy skepticism of what the stock market calls "value".

Published January 25, 2014 1:38 pm AEDT

The S&P ASX 200 Index (ASX: ^ XJO) was down 1.2% for the week. The Aussie dollar closed the week at 87.7 cents to the US$, the lowest it has been since July 2010. Exporters and companies with international businesses will gain and importers will lose due to weaker purchasing power overseas.

Iron ore prices have started to weaken, but major miners are reporting higher production and sales. Thermal coal prices have been improving since September.

The week's gainers

Silver Lake Resources Limited. (ASX: SLR) +6.9% ($0.62)

Drillsearch Energy Limited (ASX: DLS) +6.7% ($1.43)

Mount Gibson Iron Limited (ASX: MGX) +6.7% ($1.04)

Macquarie Atlas Roads Limited (ASX: MQA) +6% ($2.82)

Ten Network Holdings Limited (ASX: TEN) +6% ($0.35)

The week's losers

Reject Shop Ltd (ASX: TRS) -31.5% ($11.50)

Beadell Resources Ltd (ASX: BDR) -14.4% ($0.71)

Forge Group Limited (ASX: FGE) -14.3% ($0.90)

Sandfire Resources NL (ASX: SFR) -13.2% ($5.71)

JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH) -9.7% ($18.29)

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