Australia Shares hit fresh two-year high

Australian equity market advanced for third straight session on Tuesday, 11 April 2017, hitting a fresh two-year high as energy and big banks stocks gained ground. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index inclined 0.36% to 5,934.20. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 546 to 518 and 397 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.03% to 12.702 a new 1-month high.

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