Australian shares closed marginally higher on Monday, with tech stocks leading the advance after a strong Wall Street rally at the end of last week, while miners snapped two days of gains.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO ended 0.1% higher at 7,457.3, extending gains to the fourth session and touching its highest since April 22 last year – nearly two weeks before the central bank began its most aggressive tightening cycle in decades.
Trading volume was low as some major Asian markets including key trading partner China were closed for holidays.
Technology stocks .AXIJ emerged as the top gainers on the bourse, rising 1.3%. ASX-listed shares of Block Inc SQ2.AX soared 6.1%, while Xero Ltd XRO.AX and Computershare Ltd CPU.AX rose 1.4% and 1.2%, respectively.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/tech-stocks-help-australia-shares-notch-up-fourth-day-of-gains
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