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ASX up 0.6% to ten-month high; BHP lifts iron ore guidance – The Sydney Morning Herald
The S&P/ASX 200 has touched a new post-COVID high this morning thanks to gains in information technology, industrial and financial stocks.
AFIC returned 15.2 per cent compared with the S&P/ASX 200 Index, including franking, which was up 13.7 per cent over the same period.
Despite the fall in the half year earnings per share to 6.9 cents, AFIC will maintain a fully franked 10 cent interim dividend, part of which has been funded from reserves.
The dividend will be paid on 23 February.
Companies in the portfolio that contributed strongly to returns through the 6-month period were Commonwealth Bank, BHP, Mainfreight, Xero, Wesfarmers,…
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