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ASX filled with festive cheer as markets shrug off COVID Christmas scare – ABC News
Australian shareholders are feeling festive on Christmas Eve, with the ASX 200 set to rise again this morning as the country calms down from its COVID-19 holiday…
Australian shareholders are feeling festive on Christmas Eve, with the ASX 200 set to rise again this morning as the country calms down from its COVID-19 holiday scare.
As of 8:00am, futures in the ASX 200 were trading 0.6 higher at 6,619 points.
Key points:
- The ASX 200 is set to open higher this morning
- It closed higher on Wednesday after several days of falls
- That comes as Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak is so far kept under control at Christmas
- Markets close early on Christmas Eve
The benchmark had…
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