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Australian stock market ASX 200 set to gain as oil and gold prices keep rising – ABC News
The Australian share market is set to increase modestly this morning, as US stocks rise slightly and oil and gold prices surge.
The Australian share market is set to increase modestly this morning, as US stocks rise slightly and oil prices surge.
As of 6:30am AEDT, futures in the ASX 200 were up 0.4 per cent to 6,609.
Both the benchmark and the All Ordinaries broke even yesterday.
That followed a slight gain on the first day of trade for 2021, as the markets wrangle with both the hope of a new year and a fresh set of COVID cases in Australia and overseas.
The market has been buoyed by gold stocks, which were Tuesday’s top…
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