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May 21, 1.45 pm The market is trading a few points in the positive after the huge fall on Friday, with markets lower on Friday in Europe, the UK and US, metals were mixed, crude mixed and gold slightly higher. The G8 announcement on the weekend that austerity should be tempered with growth budgets has given some heart to the "risk on" trade, with Aussie banks trading higher while miners and oils are mixed. Campbell Brothers has reported a record full year profit up 68%. a $1./30 part franked dividend, DRP at 5% discount and is down $1.27 to $56.03. James Hardie reported a turnaround full year profit of $US604 and a 38US c part franked dividend. The stock is down 7c to $6.98. Technology One reported an interim profit up 4% and a dividend of 1.61c. The stock is up 1c to $1.20. Elders has reported an interim profit of $52.89,. no dividend, positive outlook. The stock is steady at 20.5c. Qantas has announced it will close its heavy maintenance operaions at Tullamarine, shed 500 jobs. QAN is down .3c to $1.42.7. *The Nikkei Dow futures is up 40 points, Shanghai CSI physical is down 4 points, Hang Seng futures is down 109 points, S&P futures is up 5.3 points, NASDAQ futures is up 12.5 points, Dow futures is up 47 points. Gold futures have gained $3.30 to $1595.20. Crude futures is up 30c to $91.78.
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