Marketwatch Banks, miners help Australian shares notch 13-month closing high Admin April 8, 2021 The S&P/ASX 200 index settled 1 per cent higher at 6,998.80 after briefly rising above the 7,000 mark for the first time since the COVID-19 sell-off in early last year. – Stocks-Markets-Economic Times Share on Facebook Tweet it Pin it Share it Email