Australia shares climb, financials lead as Powell remarks eyed; NZ up <!-- no image --> <div>Australian shares advanced on Wednesday as financials gained after S&P upgraded its outlook for the "Big Four" banks, while energy stocks firmed thanks to buoyant oil prices.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Veo_Lm0IrY8:IOkax_52zXM: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=Veo_Lm0IrY8:IOkax_52zXM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Veo_Lm0IrY8:IOkax_52zXM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Veo_Lm0IrY8:IOkax_52zXM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Veo_Lm0IrY8:IOkax_52zXM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Veo_Lm0IrY8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters