Australian shares gained 0.6 percent on Wednesday led by blue chip miners and financials on strong resource price
The biggest Blue chip stocks traded on the ASX, in terms of their market capitalisation, include:
- BHP Billiton
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Telstra Corporation
- Rio Tinto
- National Australia Bank
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
- Rio tinto
- Westpac
The only stock to do worse than the S&P/ASX 200 is Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd [ASX: HVN]. Even so, it’s a better-than-the-bank 8.3% gain.
The others have done much better: Qantas [ASX: QAN] up 36.1%; JB Hi-Fi [ASX: JBH] up 20.5%; Toll Holdings [ASX: TOL] up 25.3%; and Myer Holdings [ASX: MYR] up 37.1%.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 27.1 points to trade at 4,977.3 by 2310 GMT. It fell 0.8 percent on Tuesday, its lowest close since February 7.
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CBA is also one of them!! commonwealth bank of australia