澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-01

 Presses have defined the national trend climbing by more than half a percent in the December quarter.A survey by RP Data shows Sydney remains¹ the most expensive city with a medium house price 485,00 dollars Perth was the worst performing capital.House price there fell by just over 2 percent.Brisbane recalled the biggest annual decline with house prices falling almost 7% last year.Unemployment in the Euro-zone hit a record high in the end of last year.Official figures show the jobless rate in 17 Euro-zone countries reached 10.4 in December.That's the highest level since the Euro introduced in 1999. Sixteen and a half million people in Euro-zone are looking for work at the moment.Spain has the highest unemployment rate,almost 23%.

 

To the markets.The Dow closed 21 points lower.The NASDAQ was up slightly.The S&P500 fell one point and in London the FETE ended trading 10 point higher.

 

 

Checking commodities prices.West Tax Crude is trading at 98 US dollars and 44 cents a barrel.Tapis Crude is trading at 117 US dollars and 25 cents a barrel and Gold is trading at 1735 US dollars an ounce.

 

 

The Australian dollar is buying 106 US cents,81Euro cents and 67 pence stilling.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。