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ASX on 6,000 point brink

The Australian sharemarket almost breached the 6000 point mark this week for the first time since 2008. Traders got nervous and booked profits rather than bid it higher to those pre-global financia..

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Rate cut talk pushes share market higher

Speculation about a rate cut next week has buoyed the big banks and lifted the share market, securing a sixth consecutive week of gains.Disappointing December quarter capital expenditure data has boos..

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Aussie shares close higher

The Australian share market has closed higher, ending the earnings season on a positive note, despite supermarket operator Woolworths dragging on sentiment. At the close on Friday, the benchmark S&..

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Stocks to watch on Friday

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday: ALL - ARISTOCRAT LEISURE - down 13 cents, or 1.75 per cent, at $7.31 Gaming company Aristocrat Leisure hold its annual general..

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