ASX 200 ends flat; ANZ down on CEO change; HSBC banker to replace ANZ's Elliott; Goodman, CBA soar, Platinum takeover talks end
Ex-HSBC veteran Nuno Matos will be next ANZ CEO. Platinum crashes, Regal down after takeover talks end. CBA, Goodman jump. Star hits record low. Woolworths flags $140m hit from now-ended strikes. Sonic buying German lab group for $699m. GQG rises after canning buyback.
That's all from the Trading Day blog for Monday, December 9. The ASX 200 index closed closed flat at 8423 points after hitting a two-week low.
RBA expected to leave interest rates on hold on Tuesday. AGMs this week at Myer and Westpac. November jobs data on Thursday.
In its last session for the week, Wall Street closed mixed on stronger-than-expected labour force figures. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both rose to new records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped about 0.3 per cent.
Bitcoin is sitting just above $US101,000.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US63.98c.
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