Live: ASX to recover from six-week low, Middle East flare-up drives oil price higher
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What happened
The Australian share market is on track to rise slightly this morning, after dropping to a six-week low on Tuesday. That's despite reports that Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked Saudi energy facilities, setting oil installations ablaze. Follow live.
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