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SYDNEY, July 4 AAP

July 04 2012, 10:13AM

The Australian share market has opened more than three quarters of one per cent higher.

At 1011 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.3 points, or 0.81 per cent, at 4,160.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 32.5 points, or 0.78 per cent, at 4,198.9.

On the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 4,126, with 6,222 contracts traded.