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The Australian stock market is trading slightly higher on Friday despite negative cues from global markets. The S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.12%, staying above the 7,500 level. Major miners like Rio Tinto and BHP Group are edging up, while gold miner stocks are down. Oil stocks are mixed. Among tech stocks, Afterpay owner Block and WiseTech Global are gaining, while Appen is declining. The big four banks are slightly up. Gold miners are weak. In the currency market, the Australian dollar is trading at $0.680. On Wall Street, stocks showed a strong move back to the upside during trading on Thursday. The major European markets moved to the downside on the day. Crude oil futures snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures for February ended down $0.33 at $73.8 a barrel.



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