Australia's share market pipped its intraday record high as strong financials and real estate stocks push the bourse towards a three-session win streak.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 gained 85.2 points by midday, up 0.95 per cent, to 9,076.1, as the broader All Ordinaries rose 81.1 points, or 0.94 per cent, to 9,386.5.
The top 200 spiked above its previous 9,054 intraday record after September unemployment figures came in higher than expected at 4.5 per cent, leaving the door open to a Reserve Bank interest rate cut in November.
"Today's labour force report strengthens the case for the RBA to cut the cash rate in November, bringing it to 3.35 per cent, irrespective of the outcome of the Q3 inflation report in two weeks' time," IG Markets analyst Tony Sycamore said.
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