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Article: STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES STRONGER AT NOON - OCT 3, 2009.
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- November 3, 2009
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MELBOURNE, Nov 3 Asia Pulse - The Australian share market was stronger at noon, as bargain hunters moved to snap up stocks following recent falls.
At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.6 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,553 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 14.5 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,560.8 points.
On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was eight points higher at 4,551 on a volume of 15,562 contracts.
Shaw Stockbroking head of research, Tim Buckley, said there was a broad-based rise on Tuesday, in the wake of a recent sell-off.
"There has been a little bit ...