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The share market has ended the week with a slight fall as investors took profits from a run of 10 positive sessions out of 11.

Gold and copper producer Oz Minerals says it is on track to achieve its full-year production guidance, despite an unscheduled plant closure and bad weather during the June quarter.

The Australian share market has opened lower after Wall Street eased overnight on disappointing company earning results and the European Central Bank's decision to hold fire on stimulus.

Gold has rebounded above a three-week low and has risen per cent, as the US dollar fell and the key stock indexes hovered below record highs after the European Central Bank left key interest rates unchanged.

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Wall Street has cooled off as disappointing quarterly reports from tech stalwart Intel and from transportation companies stalled momentum in a US corporate earnings season that has been better than feared.

The Australian dollar has recouped some losses as the greenback slides.

The share market has hit a fresh 11 month high, with healthcare, energy and financial stocks the main areas of strength.

The Australian share market has opened higher, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 breaking though levels not seen for nearly a year.

The Australian dollar continues to slide as US stocks and the greenback perform.

Gold has fallen to its lowest level in three weeks as equities rose and the US dollar hit a four-month high following strong US economic data, which raised expectations the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates before the end of the year.

Oil prices have risen as much as one per cent, lifting US crude from two-month lows, after the US government reported a ninth straight week of crude inventory draws, easing some concerns in a market worried about a glut.

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The Australian share market has closed higher after Tuesday's release of the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's last board meeting boosted investors' expectations of an interest rate cut in August.

The Australian share market is broadly flat with gains in financial and consumer focused companies offset by resource groups.

Oil prices have fallen as much one per cent for a second day in a row as a rallying US dollar and a global fuel glut offset forecasts for lower US crude stockpiles that typically would have been bullish for the market.

Gold has cut some earlier gains, as the US dollar hit a four-month high after data showed a surge in US housing starts in June, although weaker equities provided support.

The Australian dollar is still licking its wounds after the Reserve Bank's minutes hinted an August rate cut could be on the horizon.

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Construction firm CIMIC Group has booked a net profit for the first six months of its fiscal year of $265.2 million - up 3.1 per cent on the result a year earlier.

The Australian share market has run out of steam to close lower after eight straight sessions of gains.

As part of its series of interviews with top WA business leaders, Business News joined Broadspectrum chairman and Wesfarmers board member Diane Smith-Gander for lunch at the newly opened Julio’s restaurant in West Perth. A champion of gender equity, Ms Smith-Gander shared her thoughts on topics including the WA economy, her use of Twitter, and work-life balance.

After eight straight sessions of gains, the Australian share market has opened flat, with a mixed performance by the big banks and miners.

Oil prices have settled more than one per cent lower after rising stockpiles of crude and refined fuel intensified fears another major glut was building up.

Gold has fallen as much as one per cent as Wall Street hovered near record highs and investor jitters calmed following a failed coup attempt in Turkey.

Wall Street has closed slightly higher to mint new record highs for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials, fuelled by Bank of America's better-than-expected profit and a major tech sector acquisition.

The Australian dollar is treading water as traders await the Reserve Bank's monthly board meeting minutes.

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PHOTO ESSAY: Business News photographer Attila Csaszar captured images of some of WA's business and political leaders at their workstations.

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The Australian share market has opened higher.