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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open sharply higher, boosted by a surge in Wall Street overnight as well as higher commodity prices, with gold tipping over the US$700 mark.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly lower after falling base metal prices overnight, which will weigh on resource stocks, and a mixed lead from Wall Street.

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as US stocks continued to push higher and base metal and commodity prices also remained positive.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open stronger and recover a fair chunk of the sharp losses from yesterday as base metal prices rebounded strongly overnight.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker as softer global equity markets as well as some weakness in oil prices overnight combine to produce negative sentiment for the local bourse.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as a raft of stock-specific news, combined with an interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia expected to drive the local bourse.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly firmer as a strong performance on commodity prices again helps to underpin the resource-focused domestic bourse.

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as higher precious metal and oil prices on Friday feed into the rampant resources sector.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker as softer commodity and base metal prices should lead to a continuation of the profit taking that emerged yesterday.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly lower as some profit taking in the resources sector is likely to emerge after the market ran to fresh record highs yesterday.