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    Markets Live: CSL rally keeps ASX up

    Jens Meyer
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    Key Points

    • The jobless rate rises to 5.8% despite 13,500 new jobs, as the participation rate edges higher
    • The Aussie dollar shrugs off the mixed jobs numbers to rise to day's high above US75.2¢
    • CSL stuns investors with a big profit upgrade thanks to stronger sales, sending shares rocketing
    • Bega Cheese shares shoot higher after the dairy company buys iconic brand Vegemite
    • Woodside and South32 put out solid quarterly production reports, not moving shares too much
    • Fed chief Janet Yellen is upbeat about the US economy and flags 'a few rate hike' each year until 2019
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