Reuters: Hot Stocks: Australian shares up, banks lead as miners recover

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Australian shares up, banks lead as miners recover Apr 24th 2013, 00:23 Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:23pm EDT SYDNEY, April 24 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.6 percent in early morning trade on Wednesday as major bank stocks pushed higher after a broad rally on Wall Street overnight, while miners also gained despite weaker metals prices. Financials were led by Westpac Banking Corp, which rallied 1.3 percent and top lender the Commonwealth Bank of Australia up 1 percent. Global miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto rose, partly recovering from losses a day earlier. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index climbed 32.7 points to 5,048.9 by 0011 GMT. The benchmark rose 1 percent on Monday. Australia's CPI data is due out at 0130 GMT. Consumer prices are expected to remain benign with underlying CPI well within the RBA's 2-3 pct target band. New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index added 0.2 percent to 4,523.8. (Reporting by Thuy Ong; Editing by Richard Pullin)

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