ASX 200 live: Nine, Zip, Domino's, Woodside earnings; WiseTech in focus; Apple's $US500bn US spending plan

Heavyweight banks, miners down. Johns Lyng's 'soft' results, Domino's loss trigger investor disappointment. Nine extends restructuring as CoStar circles Domain.  Zip guidance beats estimates. WiseTech down. Woodside slams Federal delays.

Earnings updates and corporate commentary are underpinning equity investor sentiment. Picture: Gaye Gerard

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, February 25. The ASX 200 index is down 0.6 per cent to 8260.30 points at 2pm AEDT - halving its early fall  as US futures rise. But the local major banks and miners are continuing to falter with most sectors in the red. 

Wall Street trading was choppy with the S&P 500 index closing 0.5 per cent lower, the Dow Jones index ending flat and the technology-focused Nasdaq shedding 1.2 per cent ahead of  Nvidia's results on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT).

Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin just above $US92,000.

The Aussie dollar is trading around US63.56c.  RBA assistant governor Brad Jones will be part of an online discussion this afternoon on payment systems. 

Originally published as ASX 200 live: Nine, Zip, Domino's, Woodside earnings; WiseTech in focus; Apple's $US500bn US spending plan