Australia Market gains 1.3%

Australia stock market closed session higher on Friday, 15 June 2018, led by shares of banks, oil explorers, and mining companies due to bottom fishing. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 77.4 points, or 1.29%, at 6,094.0 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 75.7 points, or 1.23%, at 6,205.3 points. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 762 to 483 and 408 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.25% to 11.494.

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