ASX set for bright start after Wall Street rally - Sydney Morning Herald

The Australian sharemarket has begun the week with a solid rise in early trade on Monday with energy stocks leading gains.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.1 per cent and the Nasdaq gained 1.8 per cent. Smaller company stocks outgained the broader market, sending the Russell 2000 index 2.2 per cent higher. Those i… [+2350 chars]

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