Earnings season cranks up for Aus market

[AAP] - Earnings reports from big-name companies will likely shape the Australian share market this week as Chinese New Year sidelines Asian markets. The local market closed slightly lower on Friday as gains by the big miners failed to fully offset weakness in financial and retail stocks. The tired finish to the Australian market's week preceded plunging technology shares in the US after poor results from data company Tableau Software and networking platform LinkedIn and a tepid US jobs report.

Earnings season cranks up for Aus market - Yahoo7 Finance Australia