ASX 200 rises ahead of RBA minutes; Woodside up on oil price jump; China economic speech in focus
Super Retail down as whistleblowers front court. RBA September meeting minutes, deputy governor's remarks at Sydney event awaited amid uncertainty about US Fed's rate cuts plan. China's top economic planner due to discuss fiscal policy changes.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, October 8. The ASX 200 index is up 0.2 per cent to 8218.20 points at 11.15am AEDT with mining gains offsetting banking declines. Energy stocks are strongest after an overnight oil price surge and Wall Street's falls.
The Aussie dollar is trading near US67.52c.
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