Reuters: Hot Stocks: Australian shares rise; sentiment boosted by U.S. Fed comments

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Australian shares rise; sentiment boosted by U.S. Fed comments Feb 27th 2013, 23:16 Tweet Share this Email Print Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:16pm EST SYDNEY, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.9 percent on Thursday, led by financials, as investor sentiment was boosted by strong gains on Wall Street after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made it clear there was no intention to end policy stimulus earlier than expected. Westpac Banking Corp climbed 1.5 percent. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 47.8 points higher at 5,084.4 as of 2310 GMT. The benchmark rose 0.7 percent on Wednesday. New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index rose 0.5 percent, or 20.7 points, to 4,297. (Reporting by Thuy Ong; Editing by Chris Gallagher) 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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