The Australian equity market soared on the combination of a global equity rebound, and a big lift in commodity prices overnight.
By the session close, the ASX All Ordinaries had rallied 1.7% to 5310.
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Major miners
BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) up 1.9% to $18.65; Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) up 2.0% to $3.50; Newcrest (ASX:NCM) down 2.2% to $23.00; Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) up 1.5% to $45.50.
Energy or Oil and Gas
Oil Search (ASX:OSH) up 1.8% to $6.67; Santos (ASX:STO) up 2.2% to $4.64; Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) up 2.8% to $26.84.
Big 4 banks
ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) up 2.2% to $24.12; Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) up 1.2% to $74.37; National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) up 2.8% to $25.43; Westpac (ASX:WBC) up 2.1% to $29.40.
Other banks, financials and industrials
AMP (ASX:AMP) up 2.2% to $5.16; Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) up 1.9% to $10.59; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) up 1.5% to $9.60; Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) up 0.4% to $68.90; Suncorp (ASX:SUN) up 3.3% to $12.18; Telstra (ASX:TLS) up 1.5% to $5.56.
Retailers
JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) up 3.6% to $24.10; Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) up 1.2% to $40.10; Woolworths (ASX:WOW) up 0.8% to $20.89.
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