In Australia, data showed consumer prices rose 1.6 per cent in the September quarter, though that merely retraced the June quarter's record 1.9 per cent plunge.
Among sectors, the gold index surged as prices of the yellow metal benefited from uncertainties about US elections and surging global Covid-19 cases. Tech stocks were also higher, with buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay jumping about 7 per cent after its underlying sales in the first-quarter more than doubled.
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