The Australian sharemarket advanced on Tuesday, tracking record gains on Wall Street and supported by strong performances from banks and gold miners.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 35 points or 0.4% higher at 8,845.9, with eight of the 11 sectors in positive territory.
Financials led the market, with Commonwealth Bank and ANZ up 0.8% apiece, NAB adding 1%, and Westpac climbing 0.7%.
Materials also added to gains, with Northern Star Resources up 3.2%, Newmont adding 1.4% and Evolution Mining rising 1.3% on the back of record gold prices.
Major miners BHP and Rio Tinto closed 0.5% and 1.2% higher, respectively, though Fortescue Metals slipped 1.1%.
Among individual companies, Myer shares plunged 25% after the retailer posted a 28.6% drop in full-year net profit to $36.8 million, hit by the costs of its Apparel Brands acquisition.
Telix Pharmaceuticals surged 9.2% after securing transitional pass-through payment status from the U.S. Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services for its prostate cancer imaging product, Gozellix.
DroneShield also traded 7% higher after announcing the opening of a second Virginia facility in the U.S., with more than 30% of new roles dedicated to software development and artificial intelligence capabilities.
On the bond markets, 10-year rates were down 0.3% at 4.271% and the 2-year yields eased 0.2% at 3.399%.
