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The Australian sharemarket has opened lower with trading light due to public holidays across half the country.

The Australian dollar hit a four-year low after the release of strong US employment figures.

Wall Street stocks have barrelled higher, cutting the week's losses, after the Labour Department reported the US economy gained a strong 248,000 jobs in September.

The Australian share market has shrugged off weak overseas leads to close higher as a stronger Aussie dollar bolstered banking stocks.

It's been a bad month for anyone with shares in the big four banks.

The Australian stock market is slightly lower, following a mixed lead from overseas.

The Australian dollar has hit a one week high after the release of strong international trade and building approvals data.

Wall Street stocks have finished little changed, rallying somewhat from a big mid-session drop as investors looked ahead to the US jobs report for September.

The share market has closed lower in the wake of falls on nearly all major world markets.

A Perth based digital healthcare startup, ResApp Diagnostics has signed a heads of agreement to be fully acquired by Adam Sierakowski’s Narhex Life Sciences.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia shareholders will next month decide if boss Ian Narev can be paid up to $4.7 million in shares as a long-term bonus.

The Australian share market is lower, following a share sell-off on Wall Street overnight.

Wall Street stocks have finished sharply lower following mixed US economic data amid worsening anxiety over global economic growth and the first confirmed Ebola case in the United States.

The Australian dollar has bounced from the eight-month low it hit after the release of disappointing retail trade figures.

The Australian stock market bounced back after a weaker opening as bullish investors decided that it had fallen far enough in recent weeks.

More than 230 Westpac jobs in Western Australia and Queensland will be axed with the bank planning to close two customer contact centres in the states in March next year.

The Australian share market has opened lower amid ongoing Aussie dollar weakness, a fall in commodity prices and soft leads from US equities.

The Australian dollar is still levelling off after its recent falls, getting support from some encouraging European economic data.

Wall Street stocks have finished lower following disappointing economic data, including a big drop in US consumer confidence.

The share market has closed higher as investors found reason to buy back into the sold-off banking sector.

The Australian share market has opened flat after iron ore prices hit a fresh five-year low.

The Australian dollar is unchanged, as a fall in the price of iron ore and a weaker New Zealand dollar weigh on the currency.

Wall Street stocks have finished lower as a heavy week of US economic data got under way while investors eyed political unrest in Hong Kong.

The Australian share market has lost all the gains it made this year, after suffering a fall of more than one per cent.

The Australian Stock market is sharply lower, following a big selloff on Wall Street overnight.

The Australian dollar has hit a fresh eight-month low after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand tried to talk down its own currency.

US stocks have sunk led by Apple's 3.8 per cent drop, amid a combination of worries over heady valuations and quarter-end profit taking.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher after the big miners lifted the overall index.

The Australian share market has opened higher in the wake of positive leads from overseas markets.

The Australian dollar is trading in a narrow range, having recovered some of its losses from earlier in the week.

US stocks have finished with solid gains as a strong housing report helped equities regain territory after losses earlier this week.

The Australian share market has closed lower as the major banking stocks fell after the central bank warned it may take action against risky lending.