澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-02

 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down. The DAX and Euro were both higher.

 

 

 

In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is higher. The S&P 500 is also up.

 

 

 

And the Australian dollar is worth nearly 103 US this morning. It'll also buy you 65 British pence¹ and 128 New Zealand.

 

 

 

A private survey has found the growth of online sales continues to outpace the growth of instore sales. The amount of money spent online rose around 25% in July compared to a year earlier. NAB's online retail² sales index³ found internet sales made up 5.3% of total retail spending at 11.7 billion dollars.

 

 

 

Tasmanian forest products company Gunns has reported a net loss of 904 million dollars for the past financial year. This compares to an almost 356-million-dollar loss for the previous 12 months. The company has blamed costs associated with the major restructure and the state of the export woodchip market.

1 pence   

n.便士；名词penny的复数形式

参考例句：

• She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
• These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 index   

n.食指；索引；标志；指数；v.把...编索引

参考例句：

• Performonce is an index of ability.成绩是能力的标志。
• Manner of walking gives an index to one's charactor.走路的姿态可反应出人的性格。