Market wrap - middayBY AAP | FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006 12:43PMThe Australian share market remained in negative territory today held back by a fall on Wall Street. Stronger commodity prices, particularly in oil and gold, made the resource stocks the exception to the general downturn. |
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