Australian stocks higher following Wall Street rally By: CNBC.com News October 30, 2018 at 19:41 PM EDT Australia's benchmark ASX 200 advanced 0.2 percent in early trade, as the energy sector advanced 1.38 percent while materials fell 0.21 percent. Read More >> Related Stocks: China Ishares MSCI ETF China Largecap Ishares ETF ClearBridge American Energy MLP Fund Inc. Japan Ishares MSCI ETF Pacific ETF FTSE Vanguard Ultra Semiconductors 2X ETF Wabco Holdings Inc Xt Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF