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Shares post fourth straight loss

The share market has closed lower for a fourth straight day as banking and energy stocks weighed on the market. "We've really been dragged down by the energy sector, with falling oil prices still a..

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Aussie shares close lower

The Australian share market has closed lower, with losses by the big four banks outweighing gains by the big miners. At the close on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 20.4 points, or..

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Shares weaker for fourth straight day

The share market is weaker as the financial sector comes under pressure from investors taking profit. It is the fourth straight day of falls for the market, after posting gains in the past four wee..

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Stocks to watch on Thursday

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Thursday: BHP - BHP BILLITON - down 97 cents, or 2.84 per cent, at $33.20 BHP Billiton has scrapped the sale of its Western Australian..

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