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Provided by Dow Jones By Stuart Condie SYDNEY Australia s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has passed another milestone with its benchmark share index closing at a record high, its first in 15 months. The S&P/ ASX 200 index lifted 1.3% to 7172.8 on Monday after another rise in iron-ore prices drove demand for shares in miners including BHP Group Ltd. and Rio Tinto PLC. The index beat its previous record of 7162.5 set on February 20, 2020, and continued a comeback that began on March 24 last year when the index had languished below 4550. For investors, it hasn t been a smooth ride. Early in the pandemic, Australia s economy was exposed to a rapid slowing in global demand that threatened its exports of industrial commodities such as iron ore and coal. Investors had to navigate trade tensions with China, which followed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison s call for an international investigation into the origins of Covid-19, and the i

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