ASX 200: Albanese vs Dutton battle begins; Incitec warns on first half
ASX ekes out small gain. Election Day is May 3. Bad weather delays Incitec Pivot fertilizer sales. Big east coast gas users back Dutton plan as producers pan it. Virgin clears last barrier on Qatar flights. Star's Sydney casino licence suspension continues.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Friday, March 28. The ASX 200 index closed up 0.2 per cent at 7982 points with gold miners and consumer stocks leading gains.
On Wall Street, the S&P and Dow Jones indexes closed 0.3 per cent lower, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq index shed 0.5 per cent.
Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin is above $US87,000.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US62.94c.
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Originally published as ASX 200: Albanese vs Dutton battle begins; Incitec warns on first half
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