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ASX gains 0.8 per cent; BHP restarts Samarco operations – The Sydney Morning Herald
The ASX 200 has eased back from its strong open to be up 0.5 per cent in a shortened Christmas Eve session.
As we approach midday and the halfway point for today’s shortened session, the ASX200 has pulled back a bit off its earlier highs, currently up 0.47 per cent at 6674.
The easing is thanks in part to some falls in the healthcare, consumer staples and technology sectors, which are all either flat or down modestly. Some of the biggest laggards in those sectors are Netweatlth, Domino’s, Collins Foods, Xero and Mesoblast.
The energy sector is seeing today’s biggest gains so far, up 1.5 per cent, followed…
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