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Australian shares make gains, Blackstone adds conditions to Crown takeover – ABC News
The Australian share market rises in early trade and US casino firm Blackstone imposes conditions on its takeover of Crown Resorts.
The Australian share market has opened higher boosted by healthcare, banks and technology stocks.
At 10:45am AEDT, the All Ordinaries was up 0.15 per cent to 7,236.
The ASX 200 index rose 0.1 per cent to 6,985, off its early highs.
Among the gainers were technology, healthcare, banks and consumer stocks.
Going down were utilities and oil stocks, while miners were flat.
Buy now, pay later firm Zip surged 9.1 per cent to $9.08.
That’s after it announced record revenue of $114 million for the…
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