ABN Newswire - U.S. stocks fell on Friday, dragged by financial companies. Commodity producers were also weighed down the market as oil and metal prices lower. But even on the weekend Dow index rose 6.8%. The Australian shares closed slightly higher lifted by miners. The benchmark S & P/ASX200-Index ended the day up by 0.7% or 25.7 points to 3672.3 while the broader All of Ordinaries index was up 0.8% or 29.3 points to 3615.6. For the week, the ASX200 6% and the All Ordinaries rose 6.2%. KeyEconomic Facts and Figures The Housing Industry Association has published a new home sales data, which grew by 3.9% in February after an increase of 8.3% in December. House sales up 4.7% in February, fell during pre-contract sale of flats and home units, 3.4% over the same period. Today is the quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence survey is also published. M & A news, the Australian government on Friday announced that it would not be possible Chinese State-owned Minmetals to implement the A $ 2.6Billion acquisition of OZ Minerals (ASX: OZL), if the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine, OZ Minerals included most valuable asset. China Minmetals has its proposal to acquire OZ Minerals last night reviewed, approved, with the exception of the Prominent Hill mine, but the offer remains subject to Foreign Investment Review Board. Important Corporate News Incitec Pivot (ASX: IPL) has a facility to set up its working methods, capital requirements for fiscal 2009 and 2010 funds. The available funds will be A $ 390 averageMillion ...
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