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Gold prices have closed nearly unchanged as investors cautiously await the outcome of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting, while palladium futures rise on hopes of improved industrial demand.
Wall Street stocks have finished little changed as the market absorbed losses in petroleum stocks while looking ahead to a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.
ANZ says "an abundance of caution" led it to request a stop to trading of its shares after the bank accidentally published its own profit data on its website.
Cash Converters International is considering more acquisitions after an increase in personal loans and sales in its company-owned pawnbroking stores helped lift the quarterly revenue by more than a quarter.
US equities have enjoyed their best week in months as buying fever returns to the market on solid earnings and easing anxiety about the Ebola virus outbreak.
Murdoch University announced late on Friday that its vice chancellor, professor Richard Higgott has resigned, five weeks after he was stood down on full pay, in the midst of a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation.