Australia Market gains on healthcare

Australia stock market closed session higher on Friday, 27 April 2018, on the back of positive lead from Wall Street overnight on upbeat corporate earnings results and a pullback by U.S. Treasury yields. Most of ASX sectors inclined, with shares of healthcare and energy issues being notable gainers, offsetting weakness in banking stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.72% higher at 5,953.6 points on Friday, while the broader All Ordinaries was 0.66% up at 6,042.9 points.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 685 to 543 and 390 ended unchanged.The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.21% to 11.860.

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