(news.com.au)
Australian shares edged higher on Thursday with large gains felt in aviation and travel stocks after Qantas signalled international borders could reopening by October.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index jumped 56.2 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 6834, with materials and banking stocks following gains on Wall Street, which saw a surge in commodity prices and a rise in bond yields.
