ASX 200 rises 0.1% on Wednesday 13 January 2021

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) went up by 0.1% today to 6,687 points.

Here are some of the highlights from the ASX:

Premier Investments Limited (ASX: PMV)

The Premier Investments share price was the best performer in the ASX 200 today, rising by 12.7%. The company gave a trading and profit update for the first half of FY21.

The company gave a trading update for the first 24 weeks of its FY21 first half. Based on that, it’s expecting its retail division to generate underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in a range of $221 million to $233 million, up between 75% to 85% compared to the prior corresponding period.

During the half to date, online sales continued to rise. For the first 24 weeks, it made $146.2 million of…