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A rate cut is looking less likely after official figures showed a strong start to 2013 for the retail sector, even with a drop in sales in March.
Building products supplier Boral says the depressed Australian housing market could do with a boost from another cut to interest rates.
The Dow Jones reached 15,000.54, up 173.96, or 1.17 per cent, on Friday on the back of a strong jobs report that was well above market expectations.
Market bulls have finally unleashed their energy after a US jobs report painted a much brighter picture of the economy than was felt in recent weeks.
At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 139.23 to 14,970.81, after having breached the 15,000 mark earlier for the first time.
Five minutes into trade on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 131.86 (0.89 per cent) to 14,963.44.
