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The Australian unemployment rate has held steady in september despite the loss of more than 5,000 jobs.

The bureau of statistics figures show the jobless rate held at 6.2% last month,5,100 jobs were shed from the economy all of which were full time.Economist were expecting jobs growth of 7,000.

The amount of people in work or looking for work fell by 0.1%.

In August the Reserve Bank indicated it was likely the unemployment rate had peaked because of low wages growth and migration.

The Australian dollar fell 1/3% on the jobs data, right now it's buying 73.09 US cents.

The Australian share market is heading higher, despite weak offshore leads.

The all ords is up 0.7%, as is the ASX 200 index.

Asciano has plunged 12 per cent after the competition watchdog raised concerns over Brookfield's proposed $12bil takeover of asciano.

Metcash is also a poor performer, dominos is up on a broker upgrade.

Iag is another strong performer and bhp billiton is on the way up too.

A weak profit forecast from Wal mart hit wall street.

The dow jones has dropped 0.9%.

Spot gold is coming down in the Asian session and crude oil prices are mixed.

Analysts are warning the big banks could follow Westpac's lead and raise mortgage rates.

Westpac caught its customers off-guard yesterday, announcing the first hike to its variable home loan rate in five years.

It'll cost the average borrower 10 a week.