Some bright news in the tech sector also sent IT stocks up as much as 2.6 per cent to an over two-month high.
A 17.3 per cent rise in Nearmap Ltd following an upbeat outlook for the 2020 fiscal also helped buoy the sub-index. China will release industrial output and retail sales figures for October with the markets looking to gauge the health of the world's second largest economy.
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