STORY: AUSTRALIAN SHARE OWNERSHIP STUDY DATELINE: May 12, 2011 LENGTH: 0:02:35 LOCATION: Sydney PKG Intro: Australians, shielded by a resource boom that has all but muted the impact of the global financial crisis, are turning in record numbers to the stock market. Let's take a look of the latest Australian Share Ownership Study. Pkg: STANDUP: CHRISTIAN EDWARDS, CNC CORRESPONDENT "The study shows just how engaged Australians become with the local stock market, with the country continually to rank among the leading nations of share-owners on a per-capita basis." According to the study released by the Australian Securities Exchange, OR ASX, approximately 7.3 million people or 43 percent of the adult Australian population own shares, either directly - via shares or other listed investments - or indirectly - via unlisted managed funds. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH): SANDRA BOYD-HOARE, ASX RESEARCHER "Australians as a whole are still very actively interested in the share market. Some of their por Powered by www.newslook.com