The ASX's 11 sectors were mixed with financials the biggest gainer, climbing 0.9 per cent. -AAP Image
The Australian share market has finished higher after US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell doubled down on last week's somewhat dovish rhetoric.
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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Wednesday closed up 26 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 7,530.1, while the broader All Ordinaries finished 27.4 points higher, or 0.36 per cent, at 7,740.5.
The Australian dollar was buying 69.64 US cents, from 69.28 US cents at Tuesday's ASX close.
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