BUZZ-Australian tech stocks track Wall Street peers higher

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** Australian tech stocks .AXIJ rise as much as 3.5%, their highest level since June 18

** Sub-index hits the biggest intraday pct gain since June 29

** Sub-index on track for third straight session of gains if the current trend holds

** The benchmark .AXJO down 0.2%

** Tech gains after U.S. peer Nasdaq Composite .IXIC ended sharply higher on Monday, with Broadcom and other chip stocks rallying .N

** Sector major WiseTech Global surges as much as 11.4% after the logistics software provider said its co-founder, Richard White, would step down as executive chair

** YTD, AXIJ down 14.2%, AXJO up 1.2%