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Wesfarmers (WES) is an Australian conglomerate and is considered among the best of the blue chip stocks on the Australian Stock Market.

It has a diverse range of business, covering supermarkets, department stores, coal mining, insurance, chemicals, and industrial products.

In its recent 4Q10 sales update, WES reported a 5.5% on-year jump in sales to $7.45 billion.

The stock market saw WES as the one of the key buy shares, on the day of the sales update, with its stock price rising by 3.2%.

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