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The Australian sharemarket has started the week flat, with volumes light as many traders took the week off as the Easter school holidays commenced nationwide.

Australian shares are subdued at the dawn of a new trading week, with gains for energy companies and the big banks offset by a flat mining sector and losses for health care stocks.

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Australian shares have closed higher with most sectors gaining amid a broad rally.

Australian shares have opened higher, with the big four banks bouncing back from losses of the previous day.

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Australian shares have fallen, dragged down by share prices falls by the major miners and the big four banks amid dovish comments by US and European central banks.

Australian shares have fallen as the mining and banking sectors led losses at the start of trade.

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The Australian share market has finished flat after a session in which the big banks gained and the miners lost ground, a reversal of recent patterns.

Australian shares have opened lower, with energy and mining recording the steepest losses amid concerns about a slowdown in global growth.

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Australian shares have closed flat, with US casino operator Wynn Resorts' $10 billion takeover offer for Crown Resorts providing most of the day's excitement.

Deloitte is expanding its Perth change management services, acquiring two new partners and 22 staff from The Terrace Initiative.

Australian shares have opened marginally lower, with falls from the big banks offsetting a positive energy sector.

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Australian shares have started the week on a positive note as investors hope for a US-China trade deal, with miners, the energy sector and health care posting the most gains.

Australian shares have climbed higher at the start of trade, led by the healthcare and energy sectors.

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The Australian sharemarket has slumped lower for a second straight day, leaving it flat for the week.

Australian shares have opened lower for the second day in a row, with all sectors joining the slump.

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The Australian share market has suffered its first losing session in eight days, with nearly every sector down.

All sectors of the Australian share market have joined a broad slump, threatening an end to the ASX's seven-day winning streak.

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The Australian share market has hit a six-month high, amid positive signs for the local economy and optimism on US-China trade talks.

Communications firm Swift Media has announced that chief executive and managing director Xavier Kris will step down in June, following the recent departure of non-executive chairman Carl Clump.

National retail spending rose 0.8 per cent in February, beating market expectations and potentially giving the Reserve Bank some breathing room on any cut to the cash rate.

The growth forecasts underpinning the federal budget look a touch optimistic, according to economists.

The Australian share market has hit a six-month high, as investors around the world shake off fears of a global economic slowdown.

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