澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-04（在线收听）

Local stocks ended only slightly high today, but they kept their best weekly performance in the year. The All Ordinaries finished up 15 points. The ASX 200 put on just nine points but it put on about four per cent for the week. Fortescue Metal Shares fell today, the miner is being sued by one of its major shareholders over efforts to raise funds. Sigma pharmaceuticals also closed lower after saying it was facing possible class action in relation to capital raising. Shares in Telstra, however, gained ground after its Chinese subsidiary filed for an initial public offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Elsewhere in the region, Japan's Nekkei ended the session up just over half a percent. And the Australian Dollar is buying almost 91 US cents.

Well, the Australian service sector was sluggish in August, contracting for the fourth month in a row. A survey of about 200 companies by the Australian Industry Group and the Commonwealth Bank found the fading effects of stimulus measures and Federal election uncertainty impacted on demand.
However, there was a big rise in new vehicle sales during the month. Figures from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industry showed that just over 82,000 vehicles were sold in August. That's up four per cent on same time a year ago.