Reuters: Hot Stocks: Australia shares up 0.4 percent to 4-1/2 yr high, awaiting BHP

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Australia shares up 0.4 percent to 4-1/2 yr high, awaiting BHP Feb 19th 2013, 05:31 Tweet Share this Email Print Related Topics Basic Materials » Energy » Industrials » Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:31am EST (Updates to close) SYDNEY, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares ended 0.4 percent up at a fresh 4-1/2 year high on Tuesday, continuing the recent rally on better-than-expected corporate earnings. BHP Billiton Ltd rose 0.9 percent ahead of its first half results, which are due on Wednesday morning. Rio Tinto Ltd eased 0.5 percent. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index gained 18.5 points to 5,081.9, according to the latest data, which is the highest since September 3, 2008. The index rose 0.6 percent on Monday. New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index rose 0.7 percent to 4,244.2. (Reporting by Maggie Lu Yueyang; Editing by Richard Borsuk) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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