ASX 200 rises 0.5% on Tuesday 29 December 2020

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) went up 0.5% today in a pretty quiet day for the ASX.

Here are some of the highlights from the ASX:

Afterpay, one of the leading buy now, pay later businesses in the world, has seen its share price reach a new high today.

The Afterpay share price rose another 5.3% today to finish to just over $122. It was among the best performers in the ASX 200. It has risen a long way from the $8.90 on 23 March 2020.

The fragrance business gave an update today. The Dusk share price went up 12.8% in reaction to this update.

Management said that strong sales and earnings growth has continued across the months of November and December. Dusk said it also finished the half with a well-balanced inventory position, no…