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Oil prices have extended their losing streak as concerns ease over supply disruptions from the Middle East, with Libyan exports set to resume and Iraqi unrest not yet affecting exports.
Australian firms have shrugged off the sharp slide in consumer sentiment since the federal budget, with business confidence increasing in the past month.
IG market strategist Stan Shamu said money that was on the sidelines in June as traders were sorting out portfolios for their tax returns appeared to be coming back into the market.
World oil prices have fallen as traders eye the imminent resumption of Libyan crude exports and Iraqi output remains unaffected by ongoing fighting in the country.
US stocks have fallen, retreating from last week's records as analysts point to profit taking and predictions from some experts that the market is due for a pullback.
Health workers at Perth's biggest hospitals say they'll walk off the job in a series of rolling stoppages after the state government refused to talk about a new pay offer.
Asian markets have rallied after the United States said its economy created more than a quarter of a million jobs in June, sending Wall Street to new records and boosting the US dollar against the yen.
Australian stocks are higher for the third consecutive day, following the lead of US markets which rallied to fresh highs on strong jobs growth figures.
Gold prices have ended lower, after better-than-expected jobs data showed the US recovery may be gaining traction, prompting traders to take profits on the precious metal's recent gains.
Wall Street rode improving economic data to fresh records this week, spawning comparisons to July 4 fireworks on the eve of the US Independence Day holiday.
Commonwealth Bank boss Ian Narev has apologised to customers hurt by misconduct in its financial planning business, but critics have hit out at the bank's latest review into the maligned division.
The Reserve Bank of Australia still has "ammunition" on interest rates but governor Glenn Stevens says previous cuts are still working their way through the economy.