Australian shares struggled to advance on Wednesday as mixed earnings reports offset a boost from firmer mining and bank stocks.The S&P/ASX 200 was up just 0.01 points at 5,555.0 at 0224 GMT.Ardent Leisure Group surged...
Asian markets were mostly down on Tuesday as traders booked profits
after the previous day's rally, while Wall Street provided another
negative lead in response to anaemic US and Chinese manufacturing data.
Tokyo slipped...