The Australian share market is expected to open higher today following a stronger finish in New York on Friday.
The S&P/ASX 200 March share price index futures contract was trading 23 points (0.27%) higher at 8,241 points at 9.40am AEDT (10.40pm GMT).
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Join nowU.S. stocks ended in the green for the first time in six sessions on Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average adding 0.80%, the S&P 500 increasing 1.26% and the Nasdaq Composite surging 1.77%.
Across the week however the indices lost ground by 0.6%, 0.48% and 0.51% respectively.
On the bond markets, yields were down at 0953am AEDT with 10-year Australian Government rates sitting 0.23% lower at 4.429% and two-year rates down 0.31% lower at 3.881%.