Australia ASX200 inclines for second straight day
Capital Market Australian share market advanced for second straight session on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, with most sectors in positive territory, led by financial and healthcare stocks on bargain hunting offsetting the impact of weaker commodity prices on miners. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.3% or 17.7 points to 6,054.70. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 654 to 554 and 399 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.91% to 11.015.
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