Australian market ends in positive territory with modest gains
The Australian market ended the trading session on Thursday in positive territory with modest gains, as concerns about BHP Billiton's credit ratings following its hostile bid for Potash Corp. weighed on market sentiment despite positive cues from Wall Street in the previous session and other neighboring markets in Asian region.
The Australian market ended Thursday's trading session in negative territory, in a broad-based selling across the market amid lack of fresh economic data and/or corporate news.