Australian shares edge higher but gold stocks cap gains, NZ falls <!-- no image --> <div>Australian shares inched higher on Wednesday, helped by the banking and energy sectors, but gains were checked by a fall in gold stocks on renewed Sino-U.S. trade optimism.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=BNSqq2Yj3sY:4oznBLuCBSs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=BNSqq2Yj3sY:4oznBLuCBSs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=BNSqq2Yj3sY:4oznBLuCBSs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=BNSqq2Yj3sY:4oznBLuCBSs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=BNSqq2Yj3sY:4oznBLuCBSs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/BNSqq2Yj3sY" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters