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Australia shares end higher on tech, gold stocks boost

Mark White by Mark White
August 28, 2021
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* ASX 200 snaps 5-day losing run, up 0.4%

* Tech stocks rally 1.7%

* Z Energy top gainer on NZX 50 on buyout deal (Updates to close)

Aug 23 (Reuters) – Australian shares snapped a five-day losing streak to end higher on Monday, helped by gains in local tech stocks that rallied on the back of a positive finish on Wall Street on Friday.

The S&P/ASX 200 index gained 0.4% to end the trade at 7,489.9 points.

Wall Street rallied to close sharply higher on Friday, as concerns eased over whether the U.S. Federal Reserve would tighten its dovish monetary policy sooner than expected.

The rally boosted the local tech index, gaining 1.7% at close and notching its highest levels since February 16 earlier in the session.

Buy-now-pay-later juggernaut Afterpay climbed 2.8%. AI firm Appen Ltd was the top gainer on the sub-index, up 7.1%.

“We are following the U.S. market higher and similar to U.S…the tech/growth is leading it. Tech and healthcare are holding up the market today,” Mathan Somasundaram, the Chief Executive Director of Deep Data Analytics, said.

Australia’s gold miners were the top gainers on the ASX 200 benchmark, up 1.8%, helped by firm gold prices as Delta coronavirus variant concerns loomed large.

The jump was led by De Grey Mining Ltd, up 7.3%, followed by Chalice Mining Ltd, gaining 5.4%.

ASX 300 metals and mining index rose 0.5% led by Pilbara Minerals Ltd, up 11.4%.

On the fag end of the benchmark were energy firms, down 0.3%, dragged lower by 4.8% drop in Ampol Ltd’s shares.

Ampol slumped to its lowest levels since February 22 during the session, as it flagged that its fuel volumes had been impacted by the latest round of virus-led restrictions.

New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index ended up nearly 1% to finish the session at 13,064.07 points. The top gainer on the index was fuel supplier Z Energy Ltd, climbing over 14% on a NZ$1.97 bln ($1.35 bln) takeover bid from Australia’s Ampol. ($1 = 1.4613 New Zealand dollars) (Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)



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Mark White is the editor of the ProcurementNation, a Media Outlet covering supply chain and logistics issues. He joined The New York Times in 2007 as an commodities reporter, and most recently served as foreign-exchange editor in New York.

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