ASX 200: WiseTech sold off; Premier, Myer build on losses; Macquarie bets $US5bn on Applied Digital data centres; Cash-strapped Star on watch; Arafura gets $200m from Labor
WiseTech shares dive on heavy volume amid suspected institutional selling.Independent expert backs Premier, Myer deal after recalculations. Billionaire Rinehart-backed Arafura gets fresh Labor buy-in. Macquarie to invest in US data centres. Cash-strapped Star ticks up amid Macau intrigue. Billionaire's takeover interest fires up AVJennings.
That's all from the Trading Day blog for Wednesday, January 15. The ASX 200 index closed down 0.2 per cent at 8216.7 points amid a selloff in WiseTech and reversal of intraday gains in some big banks and miners before US CPI data.
In the US, the S&P 500 index closed flat, the technology-focused Nasdaq index declined 0.2 per cent and the Dow Jones rose 0.5 per cent.
Bitcoin is just above $US97,000.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US61.89c.
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