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To: long-gone who wrote (32669)	4/27/1999 10:10:00 PM
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Australia's All Ordinaries Index rose 7.80 points, or 0.3 percent, to 3153.00. Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Australia's largest resources company, rose 0.7 percent to A$16.49. Base metal prices rose, led by copper and zinc, after an unexpected gain in U.S. home re-sales indicated demand for construction materials is climbing in the world's largest consumer of those metals. The London Metal Exchange's benchmark three-month copper contract gained US$10, or 0.7 percent, to US$1,553 a ton. Zinc for delivery in three months jumped US$25.50, or 2.4 percent, to US$1,088 a ton. ''There is a weight of demand by fund managers for stocks,'' said Brian Ingham, who helps manage A$700 million (US$455 million) of Australian equities at BNP Investment Management Ltd quote.bloomberg.com