ASX 200 live: Flight Centre profit warning; National Storage buys into Abacus; James Hardie allays concerns

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Equity investors will be tuned in to domestic and international economic and political developments this week. Picture: Gaye Gerard

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Monday, April 28. The ASX 200 index closed 0.4 per cent higher to 7997.10 points with all sectors in the green except miners.

Wall Street's last session on Friday saw the S&P 500 rise 0.7 per cent, closing above 5500 points for the first time since US President Donald Trump announced a new tariff regime on April 2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed flat and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.3 per cent ahead of quarterly results this week from Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon.

Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin is above $US94,000.

The Aussie dollar is trading around US63.84c.

Originally published as ASX 200 live: Flight Centre profit warning; National Storage buys into Abacus; James Hardie allays concerns