A rally in technology shares pushed the Australian sharemarket higher at noon, tracking strong gains on Wall Street after the S&P 500 notched its 56th record high this year.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index edged up 0.3 per cent, or 25.9 points, to 8448.5 at midday. The Australian dollar was hovering around US64.38¢. The information technology sector was the best performing with WiseTech adding 2.9 per cent and TechnologyOne jumping 2.5 per cent.
Source: https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/asx-to-edge-up-techs-power-higher-bitcoin-eyes-us99-000-20241205-p5kvzd