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Aussie stocks inch higher

The Australian share market closed marginally higher despite earnings downgrades and a fall in some commodity prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.8 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,36..

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Boral cuts profit outlook

Shares in building materials producer Boral lost almost three per cent after it made a surprise cut to its full year profit guidance because of eastern Australia's big wet. Heavy rain has continued..

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Wall Street closes lower

US stock markets were modestly lower on Thursday, with US unemployment data and a successful Spanish debt sale giving little direction to trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 68.65 poin..

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Stocks to watch on Friday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Friday April 20 AIO - ASCIANO LTD - up four cents at $4.79 Shares in ports operator Asciano have been placed in a trading halt pending an anno..

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