The Australian sharemarket remains in the green in early afternoon trade, helped by a rise in the consumer, technology and healthcare sectors, after Wall Street closed at a record.

The S&P ASX/200 rose 32 points, or 0.4 per cent to 8977.9 points in early afternoon trading, with nine of the market’s 11 sectors in positive territory.

Healthcare was one of the strongest performing sectors, helped by a 3.5 per cent rise in ResMed and gains in Ramsay Healthcare (up 1.4 per cent) and Sonic Healthcare (up 0.6 per cent). Industry giant CSL was 0.4 per cent higher.

Technology stocks also advanced, following a rise in US tech shares overnight. Accounting software group Xero gained 0.7 per cent, tracking business Life360 gained 2.5 per cent and WiseTech edged up by 0.1 per cent.

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