Australia stocks extend gain for the third day in a row

Headline shares of the Australian market closed mostly higher on Monday, 18 August 2014, as investors look ahead to earnings results from global miner BHP Billiton and a dividend from the Commonwealth Bank. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index and the broader All Ordinaries Index each rose by 0.4% to 5587.1 points and 5580.6 points, respectively.

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