AAP At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42.2 points, or
0.89 per cent, at 4809.4 while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 46.6
points, or 0.98 per cent, to 4820. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March
share price index contract was 36 points higher at 4811 points, on