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Commodity prices boost share market

The share market has closed higher as prices for commodities such as gold and copper improved, though iron ore continued its fall. While the mining giants lost ground, most other companies in the r..

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Job vacancies up 1.1%

Job vacancies have hit their highest level in two-and-a-quarter years. Employers surveyed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics said there were 151,700 vacancies in February, up 1.1 per cent from ..

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US stocks fall on weak economic data

Wall Street stocks have fallen for a second day in a row after disappointing US data stoked concerns about economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 77.94 points (0.44 per cent) to ..

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