 z energy top gainer on nzx 50 on buyout deal updates to close aug 23 reuters  australian shares snapped a fiveday losing streak to end higher on monday helped by gains in local tech stocks that rallied on the back of a positive finish on wall street on friday the spasx 200 index gained 04 to end the trade at 74899 points wall street rallied to close sharply higher on friday as concerns eased over whether the us federal reserve would tighten its dovish monetary policy sooner than expected the rally boosted the local tech index gaining 17 at close and notching its highest levels since february 16 earlier in the session buynowpaylater juggernaut afterpay climbed 28 ai firm appen ltd was the top gainer on the subindex up 71 “we are following the us market higher and similar to us…the techgrowth is leading it tech and healthcare are holding up the market today” mathan somasundaram the chief executive director of deep data analytics said australia’s gold miners were the top gainers on the asx 200 benchmark up 18 helped by firm gold prices as delta coronavirus variant concerns loomed large the jump was led by de grey mining ltd up 73 followed by chalice mining ltd gaining 54 asx 300 metals and mining index rose 05 led by pilbara minerals ltd up 114 on the fag end of the benchmark were energy firms down 03 dragged lower by 48 drop in ampol ltd’s shares ampol slumped to its lowest levels since february 22 during the session as it flagged that its fuel volumes had been impacted by the latest round of virusled restrictions new zealand’s benchmark spnzx 50 index ended up nearly 1 to finish the session at 1306407 points the top gainer on the index was fuel supplier z energy ltd climbing over 14 on a nz197 bln 135 bln takeover bid from australia’s ampol 1  14613 new zealand dollars reporting by savyata mishra in bengaluru editing by krishna chandra eluri