ASX 200 flat; Bell Rock decision; Lovisa gets big first strike; Healius dives
Takeovers Panel finds against Bell Rock on Whitehaven. Healius shares off 33 per cent after raise. Protest vote against Medibank director. Downer avoids second strike.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Wednesday, November 22. The ASX 200 index closes flat, down just 0.07 per cent to 7073.40 points, amid tech and real estate losses. Wall St fell and Nvidia retreated after hours despite beating earnings estimates.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US65.36c.
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Originally published as ASX 200 flat; Bell Rock decision; Lovisa gets big first strike; Healius dives
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