Saturday, November 6th, 2010
(Updates to close) SYDNEY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Australian stocks closed 1.2percent firmer after touching six-month highs on Friday, led bymajor miners as optimism about the prospects for growth pushedglobal markets higher.
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
(Adds comment) SYDNEY, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Australian shares dipped 0.5percent on Friday after miners and other major blue chipsfollowed Wall Street's soft lead, outweighingbetter-than-expected earnings at investment bank MacquarieGroup <MQG.AX>.
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
(Adds comments, stocks on the move) MELBOURNE, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares advanced0.3 percent on Tuesday, making up some of the previoussession's losses, led by the banks after strong companyearnings results for Citigroup buoyed U.S. stocks.
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
(Updates with details, comments, stocks on the move) WELLINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.4percent on Monday after mining giants Rio Tinto <RIO.AX><RIO.L>and BHP Billiton <BHP.AX> <BLT.L> scrapped a $116 billioniron-ore joint venture.
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Saturday, October 16th, 2010
(Adds comment) SYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares closedslightly weaker on Friday, ending the week flat, due toprofit-taking and a lacklustre lead from Wall Street on worriesabout a probe into the mortgage industry.
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Friday, October 15th, 2010
(Adds Northern Energy shares) SYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares eased 0.5percent on Friday as investors skimmed some profits after asteep gain the prior session and after Wall Street fell onworries about a probe into the mortgage industry.
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
(Updates to open) MELBOURNE, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 1.5percent on Thursday as mining shares found support on copperhitting a fresh 27-month peak and banks gained on prospects forrenewed liquidity measures in the United States.
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
(Adds Platinum Australia) MELBOURNE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Australian stocks rose 0.5percent on Wednesday, struggling to hold on to early gains asthe impact of the strong Australian dollar weighed on themarket.
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
(Adds comment, movers) MELBOURNE, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.5percent on Monday, with the main index piercing 4,700 for thefirst time since May 5 as miners, banks and energy companiesrallied.
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
SYDNEY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected toease on Friday, as weaker copper and gold prices, and astronger Aussie dollar may weigh on top resources firms, whilefalls on Wall Street could also be a drag. * Stock index futures <YAPcm1> fell 17 points or 0.4percent to 4,684, ...
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