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Australia shares seen higher, tracking Wall Street

1 hour and 53 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Australian stocks are set to open higher on Thursday, with rising Wall Street stocks and strong U.S. economic data convincing investors that the global economic remained on track.

Australia shares tread water a year after market low

17 hours and 25 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

MELBOURNE, March 10 (Reuters) - Australian stocks ended dead flat on Wednesday, on the one-year anniversary of the bear market's nadir, after disappointing housing finance data wiped out early gains.

Australia shares end flat, data disappoints

17 hours and 52 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

MELBOURNE, March 10 (Reuters) - Australian stocks ended dead flat on Wednesday on the one-year anniversary of the bear market's nadir, after disappointing economic news wiped out early gains.

Australia shares steady; CuDeco extends gains

19 hours and 8 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

Australia shares softer; Alesco tumbles

21 hours and 12 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

Australia shares steady; banks track Wall St gains

22 hours and 35 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

Commodity market report

UPDATE 8-Oil ends at 8-week high on gasoline inventory drop

1 hour and 11 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled at an eight-week high on Wednesday in choppy trading after a government report showed that gasoline stocks in the United States dropped unexpectedly.

Currency market report

Australia dlr at highs all around; NZ policy bolsters

1 hour and 48 minutes ago, source: REUTERS

* Local dollar shot up against New Zealand dollar to as high as NZ$1.3037 <AUDNZD=R> after New Zealand's central bank left interest rates unchanged at 2.5 percent, as expected, and said again policy would only tighten around mid-2010.

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