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Midday Market Analysis: September 6

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Publish date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011, 02:04 PM
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The local market is running with the bearish leads provided by Europe overnight, with the XJO currently trading more than 1% lower.

The selloff is broad based with every sector underwater; energy, IT and industrials are the hardest hit.

In company news, NAB is reportedly in talks with NBNK Investments to merge its UK operations as part of a joint bid for over 600 branches of Lloyds Banking Group.

Around the region Asian markets are all trading lower; the Hang Seng and Nikkei are down approximately 1% each.

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