ASX 200 up; WiseTech among top decliners; Super Retail, Brambles, Fortescue fall
CBA, Westpac rebuff flexible serviceability buffer call for home loans. Weak quarter weighs on Reece, Fortescue and Brambles. Super Retail tried to settle claims ahead of court fight. HMC lines up data play with $2bn Global Switch deal.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Thursday, October 24. The ASX 200 index is up 0.2 per cent to 8230.80 points close to 1pm AEDT - after falling 0.4 per cent to a fresh two-week low earlier in the session. Tech and miners sag.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US66.26c.
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Originally published as ASX 200 up; WiseTech among top decliners; Super Retail, Brambles, Fortescue fall
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