Australian market trades higher
The Australian stock market is trading higher on Friday, tracking cues from Wall Street where stocks posted solid gains overnight on the back of an upbeat US jobs report and a rate cut by the European Central Bank.
Aust shares post gains by noon Updated: 13:01, Tuesday March 19, 2013 The Australian share market was higher at noon as traders decided they had over-reacted to Europe's debt problems on Monday and recovered some of their losses.