Well, back home, the market's been focused on Queensland's flooding all week with investors concerned about the cost to the economy. Some market economists say the disaster will wipe about $6 billion of the nation's GDP. The material sector including the minors has been the hardest-hit. Taking a look at the markets now and as a result, the share market finished the week on a negative note - both the All Ords and the ASX200 closed 0.4 per cent lower on Friday. US stocks rallied after the US jobs data was released, but the Dow Jones is yet to make up for earlier losses.

 

And in Europe, the main stock markets there fell on Friday with investors cautious ahead of eagerly-awaited US unemployment figures. London's FTSE slid half a per cent. Elsewhere in the region, markets mixed, the Nikkei gained 11 points. And checking the currencies there, the Australian dollar is fairly flat against the greenback.