There was little movement on the Australian share market at noon with trading in the US slowing down for Thanksgiving on Thursday.
All Ordinaries gained 13 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 4,721.
Some analysts are saying "The market's a little bit boring at the moment with Thanksgiving in the US tomorrow and the half day on Friday. So, as expected, there are low volumes and that's going to be the story for the rest of the week."
The ABS says construction work in the third quarter rose 2.2% from the previous quarter.
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations says its index of skilled job vacancies increased 4.3% in November.
The best performing sector at midday is the Health Care index is up 66 points to 8,431.
The worst performing sector at midday is the Industrials index, down 14 points to 3,801.
Gold is trading at US$1,168.55 an ounce and the Aussie dollar is trading at 92.33 US cents.
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