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Some encouraging data today for domestic building material stocks like BSL.

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--The total number of Australian houses and apartments approved for construction rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7% in September from August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.


Total dwellings (houses and apartments):
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Period Number Change On:
Month Year
Sept 2009 12,476 +2.7% +11.7%
Aug 2009 12,145 -0.9%
Sept 2008 11,172 -7.6%
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(All data are seasonally adjusted.)