Australian share market advanced for second consecutive session on Thursday, 18 December 2014, as investors continued hunting for riskier assets after signals that the US Federal Reserve's isn't in a hurry to raise interest rates. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index advanced 48.90 points, or 0.95%, to close at 5210.80, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 49.10 points, or 0.96%, to 5189.70. Market turnover was relatively healthy, with 1.83 billion shares changed hands worth of A$6.42 billion. Total of 835 stocks were up, while 491 were down.
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