By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - The S&P/ASX 200 added 19.90 points or 0.31% to 6,528.40 during Thursday’s trade, reversing losses of 0.2% in the previous session with Real Estate and Health Care companies leading the gains, up 2.7% and 2% respectively.
Among stocks, Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) lifted 1.5%, Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) gained 2%, Goodman Group (ASX:GMG) added 4.9% and Stockland Corporation Ltd (ASX:SGP) lifted 2.7%.
CSL Ltd (ASX:CSL) lifted 2.2%, Sonic Healthcare Ltd (ASX:SHL) added 2.6%, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH) gained 2.3% and Resmed Inc (ASX:RMD) lifted 2.1%.
Consumer Staples lifted 1.6% with Woolworths Ltd (ASX:WOW) adding 1.8%, Coles Group Ltd (ASX:COL) adding 2.3% and Metcash Ltd (ASX:MTS) up 3.8%.
Information Technology gained 1.5% overall with Block Inc (ASX:SQ2) up 4.7%, Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) lifting 3.2%, Altium Ltd (ASX:ALU) up 2.3% and Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) gaining 1.9%.
Meanwhile, Energy lost 2.1% with Woodside Energy Ltd (ASX:WDS) down 2.6%, Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) falling 2% and Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) down 2.4%.
Materials fell 1.5% with Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) down 1.8%, BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) falling 1.3%, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) losing 2.1% and Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) down 8%.
On the bond markets, Australia 10-Year rates were at 3.854% while United States 10-Year yields were at 3.166%.
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 added 1.3% to 10,813.9.