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ASX opens flat as Wall Street tech slips, McDonald’s sues former CEO for alleged sexual affairs – ABC News
Australian shares open flat after a mostly positive night on Wall Street, while McDonald’s former chief executive Steve Easterbook is accused of covering up sexual misconduct with employees.
Australian shares have begun the day practically flat, but still around a three-week high, after a mostly positive night across global markets.
By 10:15am AEST, the benchmark ASX 200 index was up 0.1 per cent to 6,116 points.
Some of the best performing stocks were CIMIC Group (+3.3pc), James Hardie Industries (+3.2pc) and BlueScope Steel (+2.8pc).
Conversely, Mesoblast (-14.8pc), Challenger (-3.2pc) and Afterpay (-1.8pc) experienced the steepest losses.
The Australian dollar was steady at 7…
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