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Australian shares close higher

The Australian share market has closed higher, with a sharp late rise into the green after spending almost the entire session in negative territory. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/A..

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Aussie shares up on US lead

The Australian share market is higher on positive leads from Wall Street. The local share market continues to take its lead from a positive US session overnight as the Reserve Bank of Australia's m..

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Rising house prices lift spirits

Australians are set to loosen the purse strings a little as rising house prices give consumer confidence a leg up. Consumer confidence remains broadly stable, despite taking a hit last week, ANZ ch..

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Wages and jobs the key for the RBA

Strip back all the talk about exchange rates, credit conditions and commodity prices and the Reserve Bank of Australia's stance on interest rates comes down to one thing: the labour market. It's a ..

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Stocks to watch on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday, Oct 21: ARI - ARRIUM - up 0.5 cents, or 1.5 per cent, at 34 cents Arrium shipped a record amount of iron ore in the first quarter of ..

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