** Australian tech stocks .AXIJ rise as much as 4.1%, recovering from a 4.8% drop in the previous session
** Overnight, Wall Street stocks clawed their way back from a steep selloff to close higher, notching a final-hour rebound after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran could be close to ending .N
** Sector majors WiseTech Global WTC.AX and Xero XRO.AX add 3.6% and 2.1%, respectively
** Sub-index has fallen 16% this year, including session moves
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
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