Australia stock market closed session higher on Tuesday, 12 June 2018, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight amid a positive outcome at the closely-watched U. S.-North Korea summit.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 9.2 points, or 0.15%, to 6,054.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries added 8 points, or 0.13%, to 6,164.8 points. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 663 to 611 and 414 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.88% to 11.026.
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