Australian tech stocks rise tracking Nasdaq gains
** Australian technology stocks .AXIJ rise 2.1% to 1642.7 points ** Wall Street peer Nasdaq ended higher overnight logging its tenth daily advance in a row .N/ ** Sub-index heavy weights Xero XRO.AX up 2.7%, WiseTech Global WTC.AX adds 2.9% while Megaport MP1.AX gains 5.3%; MP1 among top gainers on the bechmark ,.AXJO> which is up 0.1% ** YTD, AXIJ down 24.1% underperforming the benchmark's 3% gain (Reporting by Jasmeen Ara Shaikh in Bengaluru) ((Jasmeenaraislam.Shaikh@thomsonreuters.com;))