Original article by Vanessa Desloires
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 30 : 21-Jun-16

The Australian sharemarket posted strong gains on 20 June 2016, with the S&P/ASX 200 adding 1.8 per cent to close at 5,256. Asian markets also rose in response to a poll which found that support is growing among British voters to remain in the European Union. Commonwealth Bank was three per cent higher at $A74.20 and BHP Billiton was up 4.4 per cent at $A18.87. However, Northern Star Resources was down 3.5 per cent at $A4.66 and Metcash shed 12.5 per cent to end the session at $A1.86.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX NST, METCASH LIMITED – ASX MTS, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED – ASX ORG, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED – ASX EVN, REGIS RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX RRL, MESOBLAST LIMITED – ASX MSB, HENDERSON GROUP PLC – ASX HGG, CYBG PLC – ASX CYB, CSL LIMITED – ASX CSL, COCHLEAR LIMITED – ASX COH, PATERSONS SECURITIES LIMITED, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX ALL ORDINARIES INDEX, HANG SENG INDEX, NIKKEI 225 INDEX