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Digital market boards at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney in Sydney, Thursday, April 30, 2020. Investors are smiling in early trade on the Australian share market, which is being pushed along by energy, materials and IT stocks. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Stocks jump on dole boost

Australia’s sharemarket rose strongly as the government boosted the dole and US futures jumped. Turnbull to chair Fortescue Future Industries. BoQ led gains, travel stocks surged. Afterpay down as bond yields spike.

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