Australian stocks climb after S&P 500 notches another record closing high

Australian stocks climb after S&P 500 notches another record closing high

SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Friday morning trade after the S&P 500 on Wall Street rose overnight to another record closing high. The in Australia gained 0.56% while South Korea's rose about 0.1%. Shares in Japan lagged as the fell 0.29% and the Topix index declined 0.48%. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.08% higher. Wall Street record highs Overnight stateside, the S&P 500 climbed 0.42% to 4,680.06, another record closing high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite also rose 0.81% to an all-time closing high of 15,940.31. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, dipping 33.35 points to 36,124.23. The gains on Wall Street came following the U.S. announcement on Wednesday that it will Oil prices jump Oil prices rose in the morning of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark up 1.22% to $81.52 per barrel. jumped 1.42% to $79.93 per barrel. The , which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 94.331 after a recent climb from below 94.0. The traded at 113.75 per dollar, stronger than levels above 114 seen against the greenback yesterday. The was at $0.7407, struggling to recover after a plunge from above $0.75 earlier in the