澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-11-22

It's a flat day on the Australian share market. As fXXX energy shares all set gains in the mining sector¹. Right now, the ALL ORDS is maneging a gain of 3 points as is the ASX200 index. On Wall Street, sharp losses among house care stocks, all set gains in the technology sector leaving towards flat finish there is wealthy US financial markets. Looking at commodity prices now. And sXXX gold is retreating in a Asian session. Crude oil prices are again weaken. And the Australian dollar is pushing lower against the green back. The strugling department store MYER has impressed investers by saying first quater comparable sells has rizen nearly 4 percent. Adressing share holders² at its annual general meeting the retailler said it has also seen a strong growth in its online clicking-collect offering. The company is to now targeting sells growth of about 3 percent until 2020. MYER has maintained its guidence for an underlined net profit of between 64 and 72 million dollars for the 2016 financial year. Its stock had recently plunged³ to a record low of 83 cents a share after the company's capital raising but it's on the way out today.

BHP Biliton has refused to commit to keeping its progressive divident policy beyond this February. BHP is reeling with the fatal sXXX mXXX and mine disasters in Brazail. The company's divident policy means it maintains or increes its divident in US dollars at half the payment. It hasn't cut the divident since 1998.xx

1 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

3 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。