Australian share market has posted just its third gain for the year on Thursday, 21 January 2016, amid broad-based buying, with materials and energy stocks leading the gains. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index added 22.50 points, or 0.46%, to 4864 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped 20.70 points, or 0.42%, to 4917.60 points.
