Aussie steady against US dollar
THE Australian dollar is unchanged against the US dollar after Wall Street got a boost from healthcare stocks and a solid economic growth data.
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THE Australian dollar is unchanged against the US dollar after Wall Street got a boost from healthcare stocks and a solid economic growth data. At 0640 AEDT on Monday, the Australian dollar was worth 81.05 US cents, level with where it finished the local session on Thursday.
Australian markets were closed on Friday for the Australia Day public holiday. In the US on Friday, the major stocks indexes were up around one per cent thanks to a boost from healthcare stocks and continued weakness in the greenback.
Originally published as Aussie steady against US dollar
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