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14:12 PM

Mon 16 Jun. 2025

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday

US stocks zigzagged around in volatile trade on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing down.

Qantas Airways' plan to spend $100 million buying back some of its stock to increase its share price has had early success.

The Australian share market was almost one per cent lower at the close, dragged down by mining stocks after a weak lead from Wall Street.

Steel maker BlueScope has taken on board shareholder anger over its losses, and cut back executive pay as a result

James Hardie's first-half profit has fallen by 35 per cent but the company says there are signs of sustainable recovery in the US housing market.

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