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Midday Market Analysis: Chinese Surprise

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Publish date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012, 01:30 PM
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After yesterday's weakness the Aussie market has bounced back quite strongly so far today.

The XJO is currently 55 points (+1.4%) to the good, trading around 4205.

Every sector is in positive territory with energy and materials amongst the strongest performers on the day.

Amongst individual stocks, Paladin Energy is up 11% after reporting a 47% increase in output for the final three months of 2011, whilst Goodman Fielder is the strongest of the top 200, up 14% on no news.

In economic news, Chinese GDP came in at 8.9% in the fourth quarter, slightly better than the 8.7% predicted by economists.

Around the region, Asian markets are all trading higher; the Hang Seng is 1.6% stronger whilst the Nikkei is up 0.9%.

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