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Australian dollar lifts

Xinhua, August 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Australian dollar recovered in overnight trading on Friday after volatile employment figures were released on Thursday.

Although the unemployment rate only inched up from 6.1 percent to 6.3 percent, it spooked early investors.

The currency was trading at 73.46 U.S. cents on Friday, up from 73.30 U.S. cents the day before.

Local analysts were reported to expect little fluctuation in the currency when trading again begins in earnest next week. Endite