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Aussie stocks edge higher tentatively ahead of a potential second round of peace talks.

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Absolutely.

So some hesitation there, which I think is understandable because we're really closing in on that psychological level.

9,000 points again.

We've just kind of been knocking our head up against it at the moment.

That does bring us, I guess, one small step closer to record highs as well, despite everything happening globally at the moment.

Exactly.

Roughly 70% to 75% of the declines have already been recouped, which is quite impressive under these circumstances.

But what seemed to help us today was the prospect of renewed peace talks between both the US and Iran.

Their first effort last weekend didn't go so well.

It failed.

I mean, they seemed quite positive as far as how they went, 21 hours of talks.

It's a long time.