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Australian shares have moved lower, erasing all of the market's gains of the previous day.

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The Australian share market has finished higher for a third day, hitting its highest level in five months.

Research released today by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has found a gender pay gap of $162,000 between Australia’s highest paid men and women, but women are progressing into full-time management roles at a faster rate than men.

The Australian share market has opened in positive territory despite the major miners starting the day with losses.

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Australian shares have rebounded to close higher for another day, the last official day of earnings season.

The federal government has today announced new and renewed appointments to its Takeovers Panel including Perth-based John McGlue, Shirley In’t Veld and Denise McComish.

Australian shares have dipped lower as gains in the energy and health care sectors were cut down by the rest of the market.

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Australian shares have finished higher on gains by the big miners and banks while investors took stock of several new earnings reports.

Australian shares have climbed higher on gains by the big miners and banks while investors took stock of several new earnings reports.

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Australian shares have fallen across the board, led lower by the tech sector that had been the main gainer a day earlier.

Australian shares have fallen across the board, led lower by the tech sector that had been the main gainer a day earlier.

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Australian shares have finished higher as investors cheered optimism about a potential US-China trade deal.

Australian shares have moved higher as investors cheered optimism about a potential US-China trade deal.

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Australian shares have finished higher despite a drag from the energy sector weakened by coal exports to China.

Australian shares have opened lower after a negative lead from Wall Street and amid concerns about coal exports to China.

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Oil prices sank below recent 2019 highs as US government data overnight showed a sharp build in crude stocks and record production, while concerns about slowing global economic growth weighed on the market.

Gold slipped from a 10-month peak overnight, pressured by signals the US Federal Reserve will not adopt as dovish a stance on monetary policy as previously thought and as investors booked profits, while palladium retreated from a record high.

Australian shares have rebounded from a choppy morning to close higher on the backs of the big banks and discretionary consumer stocks.

Australian shares have opened flat as investors digest a new round of earnings results.

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Palladium jumped above the $US1,500 per ounce mark for the first time overnight, propelled by a stark supply deficit, while gold hit a 10-month high on a weaker US dollar as investors awaited cues on US monetary policy.

Crude prices rose more than 1 per cent overnight to their highest level this year on hopes that oil markets will balance later this year, helped by output cuts from top producers as well as US sanctions on OPEC members Iran and Venezuela.

Australian shares have closed in negative territory as gains by miners failed to outweigh losses from the consumer sector.

Kalium Lakes is a step closer to starting construction on its Beyondie potash project near Newman after receiving $74 million in funding, making it the latest in a string of mining companies to win financial backing from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.

More than a third of visitors to Western Australia who used Airbnb said they would never have had a holiday if it wasn’t for the online home-share platform, the company asserted today, as it fought back against criticism by Tourism Council WA and the Australian Hotels Association.