Australian share market finished session higher on Wednesday, 04 April 2018, snapping three days of losing streak, as real estate and consumer stocks perked up after positive home building and retail sales data. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 0.2%, or 9.5 points, at 5,761.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index ended up 4.6 points, or 0.08%, at 5,863.7 points. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 638 to 574 and 378 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.06% to 16.801 a new 1-month high.
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