CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Wednesday, following the mostly positive cues overnight from Wall Street, on strength in financial stocks even as the continued increase
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ASX posts healthy session as investors welcome stimulus, vaccine news
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The Australian sharemarket finished its first session back from the Christmas break in positive territory, with investors buoyed by the news of the passage of the long-awaited $2.3 trillion ($3.03 trillion) COVID aid bill in the US and Britain s Brexit deal with EU.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 jumped as high as 6725.10 during the session but eased off to close at 6700, up 0.5 per cent or 35.50 points.
Markets have welcomed the passage of the long-awaited US COVID stimulus bill and Britain s Brexit deal with EU.
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