Australia stock market finished session at three-month peak on Wednesday, 09 May 2018, as risk appetite buying boosted up on following an optimistic budget and the US exit from the Iran nuclear deal. Most of ASX sectors inclined, with energy stocks being notable gainer, offsetting a heavy decline in Commonwealth Bank shares. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 closed 16.1 points, or 0.26% higher, at 6,108 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 21.2 points, or 0.34%, at 6,204.4 points. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 704 to 546 and 348 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.10% to 11.369.
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