ASX 200 rises in late surge; Reilly's new Perpetual CEO; Brambles, WiseTech hit records; Corporate Travel, Fletcher tank
Energy sector dips while tech stocks soar. Santos, Corporate Travel, IAG, Domino's down earnings miss expectations. Brambles' $500m buyback wins over investors. New CEOs at Perpetual, Atlas Arteria as PEXA search begins. WiseTech hits record.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Wednesday, August 21. The ASX 200 index closed 0.2 per cent higher to 8010.50 points. Wall Street indexes snapped their long winning streaks overnight.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US67.42c at 5.05pm AEST.
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