Merchandise exports from Western Australia were up 35.4 per cent in March compared with that same month in 2016, as a clear trend emerges of improving trade figures for the state.
Lower gold production has contributed to a 16 per cent reduction in March quarter revenue for Independence Group compared with the same period last year, helping drive the company's share price down 11 per cent today.
Renewed fears about slowing global growth have wiped $47 billion off the value of the Australian share market, which suffered its biggest fall in more than four months.
