The S&P/ASX 200 added 7.1 points to 7393.4, led by a rally across the tech sector. Block rose 4.6 per cent and Xero firmed 2.5 per cent.
Sharemarkets across Asia were mixed on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose policy settings, pushing back against market speculation it would further tweak its yield curve control policy.
The yen declined as much 2.4 per cent, the most since last June, while the Japanese 10-year bond yield plunged more than 10 basis points. Earlier, it had breached the BoJ’s target ceiling of 0.5 per cent for a fourth day.P/ASX 200 added 7.1 points, or 0.1 per cent to 7393.4, while the broader All Ordinaries Index rose 0.2 per cent to 7609.5.
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