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ASX gains 0.7pc; uranium stocks surge; City Chic dives

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ASX rises 0.7pc

Vesna Poljak

The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.7 per cent, or 50 points, to 7048.1 points and the All Ordinaries firmed by a similar margin to 7291.9.

Insignia Financial, formerly known as IOOF, was the standout profit result climbing 11.4 per cent to $3.53. Underlying profit after tax was $234.5 million, an increase of 59 per cent, as it realised the scale added by its blockbuster acquisition of National Australia Bank’s MLC Wealth last year.

Qantas Airways rose 7.1 per cent to $4.86 after a better-than-expected result that delivered a $400 million share buyback. Fuel costs for financial 2023 are forecast at $5 billion.

Iron ore futures traded in Singapore rose 1.5 per cent to $US105.20 a tonne. BHP Group added 0.7 per cent to $42.19.

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