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Share market closes lower

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The share market has closed lower as falls by the banks, retailers and Telstra outweighed the positive impact on miners of higher commodity prices. At 1615 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/..

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Banks weigh on Aust market

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The Australian share market is trading lower, weighed down by weakness in the big banks. HC Securities senior client adviser Mark Lennox said the banks were lower because investors had already fact..

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US stocks mostly higher

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Wall Street stocks have finished mostly higher following mixed corporate earnings news and slightly disappointing US retail sales in March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 59.66 points (0.33 ..

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Stocks to watch on Wednesday

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Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Wednesday: AMP - AMP - up three cents, or 0.45 per cent, at $6.72 Activist investors including former Patrick Corporation chief execut..

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