Australia shares hit fresh peak
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Australia's main share index hits a new all-time high, buoyed by positive economic news.
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The Australian stock market continued on its bullish performance by noon today, extending recent record highs with BHP Billiton in the vanguard.
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U.S. stocks resumed their rally on  Tuesday and shot to fresh year highs, as sharply stronger  consumer confidence data cheered investors and boosted shares  of retailers, while Internet stocks gained after a brokerage's  upgrade of Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. AMZN.O.
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The Australian share market renewed its climb Tuesday, led by gains on Wall Street and a turnaround in the miners that had driven the market to its biggest fall in six months the day before.
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Shares in Brazil's leading stock exchange surge after listing for the first time.
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MELBOURNE - Australian stocks finished 0.1 per cent higher on Friday, underpinned by global mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, and ended the week flat, just 10 points off a record high hit 9 days ago.
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Shares in Google jump to a new high in after-hours trading as the internet search firm reveals its first results since floating on the Nasdaq.
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TONY EASTLEY: For years Australia&#39;s economy has been going at a cracking pace. Boom and surge were the words that accompanied the Treasurer&#39;s descriptions of the economy as Australia enjoyed growth not seen since the 1960s.
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Share prices in Sydney are boosted by hopes of a fresh round of economic liberalisation, following the re-election of Australian prime minister John Howard.
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Shares in takeover target National Foods have pushed further ahead on the Australian Stock Exchange. Yesterday, they surged more than 5 per cent higher to $6.25, after Philippine food and drink giant San Miguel
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The Australian share market has found its feet again after the largest retreat in some months yesterday. Mimicking the recovery on Wall Street overnight, the All Ordinaries climbed 32.1 points to 3,878.9.
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Australia&#39;s economy expanded 1.6 percent in the March quarter, posting its strongest growth in three years and sending the Australian dollar to a 17-year high, official data released Wednesday showed.
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THE Australian dollar strengthened today as some commodity-based trading helped pushed the domestic unit higher. At 7am (AEST) the local unit was trading at $US0.
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Major stock indexes hit fresh   four-month highs on Friday after reports showed inflation was   mostly contained while a drop this week in energy prices   suggested cost pressures were easing.
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Gold surged to a historic high above $910 an ounce on Monday as investors rushed to buy the metal on further weakness in the dollar and expectations of a sharp cut in U.S. interest rates.
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Gold soared to record highs above $900 an ounce on Monday as equities struggled for gains and the dollar fell.
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The Australian share market has rallied from yesterday&#39;s negative close to finish seven points higher at 3,728. Solid gains in banking stocks stopped the market heading into the red on the back of a weaker resource sector.