Monday, November 22nd, 2010
(Updates to open) MELBOURNE, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.7percent on Monday, with bank shares and major miner BHPBilliton <BHP.AX> boosted by news of a bailout package forIreland.
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Saturday, November 20th, 2010
(Adds details) SYDNEY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares slipped 0.2percent on Friday, taking losses to the second straight week asinvestors fretted over Ireland's debt woes and a possibleChinese interest rate hike.
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
SYDNEY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expectedto extend gains on Friday, bolstered by gains on Wall Streetand for commodities on relief a deal appears near to easeIreland's debt woes. * Australia's share price index futures rose 0.6 percent to4,684, a 43.8 point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX ...
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Saturday, November 13th, 2010
(Adds details) SYDNEY, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.8percent on Friday, marking their sharpest weekly fall sincemid-August, as fears over Ireland's public finances and talk ofa possible Chinese rate rise roiled investors and sentcommodity prices lower.
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
(Adds broker comment, stocks on the move) MELBOURNE, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Australian stocks tiptoedhigher in morning trade on Wednesday, with investors taking abreather after the market's recent rally.
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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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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
(Adds detail) SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Australian stocks slipped 0.2percent as investors paused ahead of policy meetings by theReserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the U.S. Federal Reserve,and elections in the U.S.
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Monday, November 1st, 2010
(Adds details) SYDNEY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Australian stocks climbed 0.8percent on Monday, led by banks and miners, on strong Chinesedata and expectations of further U.S. monetary stimulus. Strong manufacturing data from China, Australia's majortrading partner, buoyed investors, who were also counting onthe Australian central bank to keep rates ...
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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 26th, 2010
(Adds quotes, details) SYDNEY, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Australian stocks shed 0.5percent on Tuesday, as profit-takers moved in and marketoperator ASX Ltd gave up some of its gains from Monday asdoubts were cast on its takeover by Singapore Exchange<SGXL.SI>.
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