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Australian shares rose on Thursday, helped by mining stocks and surprisingly solid July trade numbers out of top trading partner China. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 48.6 points, or 0.8% higher, at 6,568.1. The index advanced 0.6% on Wednesday China's July export and import data came in better than expected, suggesting some resilience to the drawn-out Sino-US tariff struggle. Beijing also helped sentiment by fixing the yuan's midpoint level for Thursday at a firmer level than the feared.
The yuan fix is "the number one game in town and will continue to dictate the pace of play for risk assets over the near term," Stephen Innes, managing partner at financial services firm VM Markets Pte Ltd said in a note.
Australian lithium miners surged and led gains on the benchmark. Galaxy Resources jumped 10.9% and Pilbara Minerals climbed 8.2%.
Nickel miners Independence Group NL, Mineral Resources Ltd and Jervois Mining Ltd tacked on between 2.2% and 7.5%. Australian gold stocks closed at a record high, continuing to revel in its safe-haven status amid lingering uncertainties around the Sino-US trade war and a slew of interest rate cuts by global central banks.
Newcrest Mining closed 4.1% higher. Mining major Rio Tinto Ltd, bucking the trend, fell 1.1% as its shares traded ex-dividend. BHP Group was 1.5% higher. Australian bank stocks were down early, but all of the Big Four except ANZ managed to end marginally up.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index finished 0.8% higher at 10,874.3. It gained 1.9% the day earlier after the central bank's surprisingly large 50 basis point rate cut.

Copyright Reuters, 2019

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