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ASX follows Nasdaq’s record high, ahead of inflation data and Australia Day – ABC News
Australian shares kick off their shortened trading week with slight gains, even as economists warn that Donald Trump’s impeachment trial may delay the passage of…
The local share market has kicked off its shortened trading week, ahead of Australia Day, with slight gains.
By 11:40am AEDT, the benchmark ASX 200 had lifted (+0.2pc) to 6,815 points, while the All Ordinaries index was up by a similar margin to 7,098.
Both indices were trading near an 11-month high, around where they were at the very early stages of the coronavirus sell-off.
This was despite a slew of of downbeat pandemic headlines in recent days, which overseas markets were unable to ignore.
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