| Market Closed - Australian S.E. 02:10:44 2024-05-03 am EDT | 5-day change | 1st Jan Change | ||
| 7,629 PTS | +0.55% |
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-0.70% | +0.50% |
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian shares held near nine-month highs on Monday, as a rebound in oil prices offset weakness in the mining sector, while New Zealand stocks scaled a record high, putting both indices on track for a 3 percent monthly gain.
The S&P/ASX 200 index nudged up 2.1 points, or 0.04 percent, to 5,408.0 at the close of trade. After one of the worst starts to a calendar year in decades, the benchmark is now up 2 percent so far in 2016.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index gained 27.1 points, or 0.4 percent, surpassing 7,000 for the first time to finish the session at 7,019.6.
(Reporting by Byron Kaye; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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| -7.14% |
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