By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - The S&P/ASX 200 added 186.5 points or 2.7% to 7,150.5 after the first 85 minutes of Friday’s trade, recovering losses of 0.5% in the previous session as weaker than expected U.S. inflation data boosted risk appetites amid growing bets that Federal Reserve policymakers would begin slow the pace of aggressive policy tightening.
ASX 200 Futures were trading flat at 7,145.5.
Among stocks, risk sensitive areas of the market led the advance, with Information Technology surging 4% as Block Inc (ASX:SQ2) popped 11.5%, Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) gained 5%, Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) lifted 9.5%, Link Administration Holdings Ltd (ASX:LNK) gained 0.9% and Novonix Ltd (ASX:NVX) added 4.6%.
Real Estate lifted 4.4% as Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) gained 3.8%, Goodman Group (ASX:GMG) lifted 7.3%, Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) added 6.7% and Stockland Corporation Ltd (ASX:SGP) rallied 4.1%.
Consumer Discretionary gained 3.4% with JB Hi-Fi Ltd (ASX:JBH) up 6%, Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) adding 6.9% and Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (ASX:ALL) gaining 3.6%.
Materials added 3.7% as Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) gained 4.4%, BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) added 3.5%, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) lifted 4.7% and Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) gained 3.7%.
On the bond markets, Australia 10-Year rates fell to 8-week lows of 3.605%, while United States 10-Year yields were at 5-week lows of 3.811%.
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 added 2.2% to 11,336.1.