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"Australian shares are set for a sluggishstart on Friday as investors await U.S. job market data duelater in the day that could give a hint on the odds of ayear-end Federal Reserve rate hike.     Strong U.S. jobs numbers might cement expectations of a Fedrate increase later this year and ripple through markets.Economists polled by Reuters forecast nonfarm payrolls toincrease by 175,000.     The local share price index futures rose 0.3percent to 5,481, a 2.0-point discount to the underlying S&amp;P/ASX200 index close. The benchmark perked up 30.07 points,or 0.6 percent, to 5,483 at the close of trade.    New Zealand's benchmark S&amp;P/NZX 50 index slipped fora fourth straight session, down 0.14 percent or 10-points, to7,187 in early trade.    For a summary of overnight action across global markets, doubleclick on        For a digest of the day's business stories in Australian newspapers, double click on  (Reporting by Justin George Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing byChris Reese)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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