ASX 200 hits records; WiseTech founder's 'circuit breaker'; Collins Foods' profit falls; Woolworths' strike blow; Larry Diamond steps down from Zip
WiseTech's ex-CEO Richard White says stepping down after a personal scandal's his decision. Shares in KFC operator Collins Foods down after profit fall. Woolworths counting cost of strike actions.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, December 3. The ASX 200 index closed 0.6 per cent to a record close of 8495.20 points after earlier reaching an intraday record of 8514.50 points .
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 index closed up 0.2 per cent, the Nasdaq Composite lifted about 1 per cent - both hitting records - but the Dow Jones ended the session 0.3 per cent lower.
Bitcoin is around US$95,900.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US64.72c at 5.20pm AEDT.
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