Australia Market nears 6-month peak

Australian equity market finished session firmer on Monday, 30 October 2017, on following strong gains on Wall Street at the close of last week and as energy stocks benefited from rising oil prices. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended up 0.27% or 15.94 points at 5,919.1. The broader All Ordinaries Index bumped up 0.2% to 5983.7 points. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 624 to 619 and 327 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.17% to 11.251.

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