The Australian share market lost ground yesterday as the ongoing European concerns held markets and commodities back, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) ending off 36 points to 4316 points.

By Juliana Roadley, CommSec Market Analyst | May 16, 2012 1:30 PM EST The Australian share market lost ground yesterday as the ongoing European concerns held markets and commodities back, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) ending off 36 points to 4316 ...

By Chris Shaw It has been much different in most weeks so far in 2012, but recommendation upgrades and downgrades in broker ratings were nearly equally balanced in the week past, the FNArena database showing recommendations were lifted in 13 cases ...

The Australian share market opened higher and rose to session highs after upbeat jobs data, but retreated after weak Chinese trade data only to recover by sessions end and climb 0.5 per cent in the last hour of trade.