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Soaring commodity prices and progress towards suppressing the latest Covid outbreak in NSW helped the share market reverse most of yesterday's losses.
The S&P/ASX 200 rallied 24 points or 0.34 per cent by mid-session, recouping most of yesterday's 34-point loss. Today's advance, the fourth in five sessions, lifted the index back towards Wednesday's 14-month closing high.

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Sydney Airport (ASX:SYD) reported an uptick of 88% in domestic passenger traffic in March 2021 over February 2021. Virgin Australia plans to go on a hiring blitz as the domestic segment emerges from the COVID-19 blues. Apart from the Government’s direct aid to the tourism sector, the stimulus measures and record low-interest rate have favoured an increase in travel footprints as people’s financial capacity marked a significant uptick in the past couple of months. At the same time, corporate travel in the country saw a dramatic increase amidst a buoyant economic setting.

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Aussie shares rose for a second day after the Reserve Bank upgraded its economic growth and employment forecasts.

The S&P/ASX 200 climbed 39 points or 0.56 per cent, finishing within 15 points of last week's pandemic-era closing peak.

Gold miners outperformed as the materials and energy sectors spearheaded the advance. Tech stocks declined.

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Shares rose for a second day as mining and energy companies rallied ahead of this afternoon's RBA rates announcement. The S&P/ASX 200 climbed 27 points or 0.38 per cent by mid-session, extending Monday's slender three-point advance. Woodside Petroleum, BHP, Rio Tinto and Newcrest provided momentum. Afterpay and the banks acted as a brake.

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Australian universities with well-equipped facilities and quality education are hard to miss by students looking for a springboard to expedite their career.

For years, Australia’s appealing educational setting has been a money-spinner for the nation’s economy. Simultaneously, thousands of jobs in the travel sector have depended on the vast annual influx of international students.

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Logging an exponential rise in house prices, the Australian property market has certainly taken the world by storm since the beginning of 2021. Australia seems to be at the brink of its ‘biggest ever property boom’ amid ultra-low interest rates, government initiatives for first-time home buyers, FOMO-driven mindset, and undersupply of new houses.

From home loan finance commitments to auction clearance rates, we can see green shoots gleaming in each segment of the property market. Clearly, the housing market is defying the analysts’ predictions provided a year ago, which anticipated a dip of 25-30 percent in property prices in 2021.