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Shares flirt with record high.

Australasian Business Intelligence, December, 2006

Byline: Gabrielle Hold

Dec 12, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian sharemarket closed marginally higher on 12 December 2006, after briefly rising above the historic 5,500-point level. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished 3.9 points higher at 5,473.6, while the All Ordinaries Index rose by 0.6 points to 5,456.1. Key resources stocks lost ground, with Rio Tinto falling $A0.70 to close at $A74.85 and Woodside Petroleum down $A0.65 at $A37.10. Macquarie Bank advanced $A1.63 to finish at $A74.73 and Toll Holdings was $A0.20 higher at a new high of $A18.25.

Publication Date: 13 December 2006

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