<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Australian Markets: News &amp; Videos about Australian Markets - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Australian_Markets</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Australian Markets from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:24:55 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Australian Markets: News &amp; Videos about Australian Markets - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Australian_Markets</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Australian Markets from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Dollar gains 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05:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian, Pacific stock markets plunge</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/global.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/global.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Asian and Pacific stocks nosedived Tuesday, with the major exchanges posting sharp declines a day after grim U.S. economic news battered Wall Street.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Asia, Pacific markets tumble in opening</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/06/stock.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/06/stock.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japan's Nikkei dropped more than 5 percent, falling below the 10,000 mark in early trading Tuesday, as Asian and Pacific markets responded to Wall Street's drop below the same mark on Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 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