ASX 200: G8 defends investor comms; Abacus gets higher $2.2bn Public, Kirsh bid; S32 Mozal warning
G8 didn't expect share price to crater after bombshell ex-employee allegations. Attention shifts to National Storage move after billionaire investor Nathan Kirsh, US group Public lift Abacus offer. Bitcoin hits new record.
That's all from the Trading Day blog for Monday, July 14. The ASX 200 index closed down 0.1 per cent at 8570.4 points, mostly ignoring weak offshore leads although most sectors fell, outweighing modest gains in resources stocks.
Wall Street closed its Friday session in the red, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes down 0.3 per cent and 0.6 per cent, respectively. The technology-focused Nasdaq slipped 0.2 per cent.
Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin is near $US120,900 in current trading after notching a new record past $US121,000.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US65.64c.
Originally published as ASX 200: G8 defends investor comms; Abacus gets higher $2.2bn Public, Kirsh bid; S32 Mozal warning
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