ASX 200 live: Hrdlicka to lead Endeavour; Woodside's $27bn US bet amid possible talks with KUFPEC

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Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, April 29. The ASX 200 index is up 0.7 per cent to 8051.60 points at 12.10pm AEST, with all sectors in the green.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 index closed 0.1 per cent higher and the Dow Jones index gained 0.3 per cent, but the technology-focused Nasdaq dipped 0.1 per cent ahead of quarterly results this week from Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon.

Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin is just below $US95,000.

The Aussie dollar is trading around US64.25c ahead of the release of Australia's March quarter inflation report on Wednesday.

Originally published as ASX 200 live: Hrdlicka to lead Endeavour; Woodside's $27bn US bet amid possible talks with KUFPEC