Sydney, Oct 26, 2007 (ABN Newswire) - The Aussie market has opened in positive territory despite the weak lead from US markets. Stronger overnight metals prices are behind the push forward.

At Midday the S&P/ASX200 index is up 48 points to 6,673 and on the futures market the SPI-200's up 64.

In company news this hour, Billabong International has said fiscal 2008 earnings per share growth would be adversely impacted by a strong Australian dollar.

The full report is available at the following video and audio links.

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