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Australian shares stage fight back, buoyed by gold stocks

sharenet | August 14, 2011 | 4:54 pm Precious Metals Australia Europe Gold

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian shares rallied in late morning trade on Thursday, fighting their back to positive territory and outperforming offshore markets in the face of renewed euro-zone debt fears. Soaring gold prices helped buttress the local