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Australia shares fall 1.3 pct; BHP, Rio lead decline

1 day and 1 hour ago, source: REUTERS

SYDNEY, July 3 (Reuters) - Australian stocks fell to their lowest close in over a week on Friday, with losses headed by global miners BHP Billiton Ltd <BHP> and Rio Tinto Ltd <RIO.AX> after gloomy jobs data in the U.S. cast doubt on the prospects for a global recovery.

Australia shares fall 1.3 pct; BHP, Rio lead decline

1 day and 2 hours ago, source: REUTERS

Australia shares fall 1.4%; banks weak, Kagara gains

1 day and 3 hours ago, source: REUTERS

SYDNEY, July 3 (Reuters) - Australian stocks fell 1.4 percent on Friday, reflecting heavy losses in Europe and the United States after a steeper-than-expected slide in U.S. payrolls raised fresh doubts on the health of the global economy.

Australia shares fall 1.5 pct; resources drop

1 day and 7 hours ago, source: REUTERS

Australia shares fall 1.9 pct on U.S. jobs gloom

1 day and 8 hours ago, source: REUTERS

Australia shares seen lower on U.S. jobs gloom

1 day and 10 hours ago, source: REUTERS

Commodity market report

Questions grow over oil spike brokerage

9 hours and 51 minutes ago, source: FT.com

The boss of Steve Perkins, the broker at the heart of a rogue trading scandal that rocked oil markets this week, issued a bullish report suggesting prices could go higher only hours after Mr Perkins made the unauthorised trades that caused prices to spike.

Currency market report

Aussie recovers from 2-week lows on domestic cheer

1 day and 1 hour ago, source: REUTERS

SYDNEY, July 3 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar recovered almost a cent on Friday from near two-week lows struck offshore as robust domestic data helped offset fresh doubts on the global recovery following gloomy U.S. jobs data.

Analysis

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