Australia shares end higher on hopes pandemic is peaking <!-- no image --> <div>* Energy stocks gain on hopes of oil production cuts (Updates to close)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=g2-unpi4nxo:jGK_JgYq9uM: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=g2-unpi4nxo:jGK_JgYq9uM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=g2-unpi4nxo:jGK_JgYq9uM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=g2-unpi4nxo:jGK_JgYq9uM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=g2-unpi4nxo:jGK_JgYq9uM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/g2-unpi4nxo" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters