The wider All Ordinaries also rose 0.6% (45.7 points) to close at 7867.9, with the Australian dollar rising locally to 73.80 US cents. “In fact, Ukraine and China are not the only ones facing a threat to their economic growth,” Chen said. Rio Tinto rose 0.9% to $ 121.66, Fortescue Metals rose 0.6% to $ 21.73, and BlueScope Steel rose 2.7% to $ 22. NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short credit: News Corp AustraliaOil prices rose after Libya closed its largest oil field in protest and warned of further outages. As a result, Woodside Petroleum rose 1.6% to $ 32.91, Santos rose 1.6% to $ 8.32, and Origin Energy rose 0.6% to $ 6.59.

Source: Libya Today April 26, 2022 22:35 UTC