ASX 200: Qube soars on Macquarie bid; ASX 200 rebounds strongly; Anglo snubs BHP again

Qube leads mid-cap gains after $11.6bn bid by Macquarie; Iress jumps on takeover talk; ASX 200 up strongly; DroneShield boss breaks silence; Anglo American snubs BHP again.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry’s multiple offers to buy Anglo American have been rejected.

That’s all from the Australian’s rolling coverage of business and markets news for Monday, November 24. The ASX 200 index closed up 1.3 per cent higher at 8525.1 points in its best one-day rise since July, with only energy stocks in the red.

Originally published as ASX 200: Qube soars on Macquarie bid; ASX 200 rebounds strongly; Anglo snubs BHP again