Australian shares advance 1% after benign core inflation
July 31 (Reuters) -Australian shares advanced more than 1% on Wednesday, helped by a rebound in banking and mining stocks, after data showed core inflation surprised on the downside and greatly lessened the risk of another interest rate hike.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO was trading 1.3% higher at 8,054.3 as of 0149 GMT, roughly 30 points below its all-time high.
Data showed consumer price inflation accelerated in the June quarter, although core inflation surprised on the downside and lowered the risk of another rise in interest rates.
Mining stocks .AXMM, which have fallen 17% so far in 2024 owing to weak base metal prices and concerns about demand from top consumer China, jumped 1.5%, somewhat recovering from the prior session's losses.
Chinese iron ore futures DCIOcv1 rose 0.8%. IRONORE/
Rio Tinto RIO.AX rose 2.6% after the miner reported first-half earnings in line with market estimates as lower prices for its key commodity iron ore were offset by gains in its copper and aluminium businesses.
Financials .AXFJ climbed 1.2%, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX up 0.7%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 0.5% overnight, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 1.28%. S&P 500 E-minis futures EScv1 were up 0.07%.
The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR rose to 4.153% compared with its U.S. close of 4.141%.
The Aussie dollar was 0.03% stronger against the U.S. dollar at A$0.65 on Wednesday.
Australian energy stocks .AXEJ rose 1.4%. Oil retailer Origin Energy ORG.AX dropped as much as 4.1% after reporting a fall in fourth-quarter sales revenue.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 climbed 39 cents, or 0.5%, to $79.02 a barrel by 0020 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 rose 52 cents, or 0.7%, to $75.25 a barrel. O/R
In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was trading slightly higher at 12,414.18.
Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee and Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu
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