ASX 200 live: Insignia wait on CC bid continues; HMC energy changes weigh; Trump tariff optimism buoys Wall St
CC Capital still keen on $3.4bn Insignia bid amid delays. ASX 200 may climb to 8700 points by December. Broker upgrade lifts Medibank to all-time high. HMC energy head out in rejigged strategy.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, July 1. The ASX 200 index is 0.1 per cent higher to 8548.50 points at 4.10pm AEST with the heavyweight miners down slightly and banks flat.
In US trading, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh all-time highs, closing 0.5 per cent higher. The Dow Jones index was 0.6 per cent stronger.
Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin was just under $US107,000 at 5pm AEST.
The Aussie dollar was trading around US65.74c.
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