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The ASX has closed higher following broad-based gains, snapping a three-day losing streak as NSW appeared to be controlling the Sydney coronavirus cluster.

Shares have rallied across almost all sectors of the Australian market as investors responded to three days of coronavirus-related losses.

Most Australians can come together at Christmas after a difficult 2020, but thousands will be in quarantine or stuck overseas.

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Shares on the Australian market had a third consecutive loss after investors were troubled by a coronavirus variant and underwhelmed by a US economic stimulus deal.

Companies stripped of iron ore projects in Africa

Shares in Fortescue jumped 4.9 per cent, and Mineral Resources 4.7 per cent, during an overall steady day on the ASX despite an economic stimulus deal in the US.

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Australia's share market had its seventh consecutive week of gains helped by optimism overseas and a recovering local economy but investors will watch a Sydney coronavirus outbreak after it marred

NAB chief executive Ross McEwan expects the Australian economy will be back to pre-COVID levels by the end of next year, but acknowledges some of the bank's customers face a long struggle.

Handout to cut fees for students at Catholic uni

Shares on the ASX had their best day since late November, as the heavyweight sectors and dollar were boosted by better employment and budget reports.

The requirement for people travelling to WA from NSW to self-quarantine has been reinstated after a recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Sydney, but only until a negative test result is returned.

A stronger than expected recovery from the COVID-19 recession has helped to wipe billions of dollars off the federal budget deficit.

There are no guarantees boosted unemployment benefits will be extended beyond March as unemployment figures improve.

Scott Morrison is confident premiers won't rush to close state borders again as NSW authorities race to solve the puzzle created by five new cases of coronavirus.

New wave of projects tipped to drive record job opportunities

Premier Mark McGowan is awaiting advice from health experts before making any travel restriction decisions, after a Sydney airport worker tested positive to COVID-19.

Investors on the ASX have enjoyed a broad-based rally, helped by miners, following optimism in the US that economic stimulus may finally be delivered.

Stadium of ire costs taxpayers

Miners have pulled the ASX lower following China's ban on Australian coal, as the industry hopes iron ore avoids a similar fate.

China's industrial output grew in line with expectations in November, expanding for the eighth straight month as the economic recovery gathered pace and global demand picked up.

Two-way NZ bubble by March

A national coronavirus vaccine rollout is anticipated for early next year.

Investors have helped deliver gains to Australia's share market, along with most Asian markets, and may be looking to a rosier future since the US approved a coronavirus vaccine.

WA economy now firing on all cylinders

ASX investors had a sixth consecutive week of gains, but the benefit was minor, as an analyst wondered whether bank shares had become too expensive.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will tighten rules for diplomats and air crews arriving in the country during the coronavirus pandemic.

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