Reuters: Hot Stocks: Australian shares rise, NZ stocks hit all-time high

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Australian shares rise, NZ stocks hit all-time high Mar 7th 2013, 23:27 Tweet Share this Email Print Thu Mar 7, 2013 6:27pm EST SYDNEY, Mar 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged up 0.3 percent on Friday, led by financials and miners after the Dow hit another record high on Wall St and metal prices firmed. Blue chip miners BHP Billiton Ltd and Rio Tinto Ltd climbed 0.5 percent and 1.5 percent respectively. National Australia Bank led financial stocks, posting gains of 0.5 percent. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index added 15.7 points to 5,124.9 by 2313 GMT. The index slipped 0.2 percent on Thursday. New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index rose 0.3 percent, or 15 points, to 4,348.5, an all-time high, surpassing its previous high hit in May 2007. (Reporting by Thuy Ong; Editing by Richard Pullin) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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