ASX dives Wednesday as Victoria breaks Covid-19 record – Yahoo Finance Australia

Shares plummeted in Australia on Wednesday, as Covid-19 cases surged in Victoria and NSW.
The ASX200 index finished trading 1.32 per cent lower to rest at 6,075.10 points. The All Ordinaries didnt fare much better, losing 1.22 per cent for the day to pause at 6,192.60.
Biotech company CSL lost 3.66 per cent and mining giant BHP was down 3.3 per cent when the trading day mercifully ended.
Victoria revealed 484 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, which is a single-day record for the nation…

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