Sydney, Aug 22, 2007 (ABN Newswire) - Aussie shares shed early losses to rise this morning as CSL jumped on robust earnings and an upbeat outlook, while top miner BHP Billiton rose ahead of its second-half earnings report due later today.
At Midday the S&P/ASX200 index has gained 30 points to 6,020 and on the futures market the SPI 200's up 45.
In economic news, the Employment Department's index of skilled job vacancies rose 0.7 per cent in trend terms in August from the previous month, but was 4.8 percent lower than a year ago. The index is based on a count of skilled vacancy advertisements in metropolitan newspapers in the country's six states and the Northern Territory
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