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Deals frenzy lifts ASX to 0.3pc gain – Markets – The Australian Financial Review
The local market benefited from a string of corporate M&A activity, while rallying base metal prices supported miners.
OZ Minerals added 4.6 per cent to $26.17, Nickel Mines climbed 5.1 per cent to $1.03, IGO rose 4.3 per cent to $9.48 and South32 firmed 3.9 per cent to $3.97.
Energy stocks benefited from the crude oil price hitting $US85 a barrel, its highest level in…
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