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Aussie shares close higher

The Australian share market has closed at a six-year-plus high after the central bank pushed the official interest rate to a fresh low. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index w..

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Trade deficit halves in December

Australia's trade deficit more than halved in December, helped by falls in the price of oil and the value of the Australian dollar. The trade balance stayed in the red for a ninth consecutive month..

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Stocks to watch on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday, Feb 3: ARG - ARGO INVESTMENTS - down one cent, or 0.13 per cent, to $7.98 MELBOURNE - A growing divergence between the United States ..

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US stocks finish higher after oil rises

Wall Street stocks have finished a choppy day with strong gains led by petroleum-linked equities as oil prices rose again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 196.09 points (1.14 per cent) to 1..

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