ASX 200 live: Reece soars on $250m buyback; Regis worst performer; Telstra, TPG mixed after Optus fail
RBA governor warns economic growth delicately balanced. Plumbing giant Reece could buy up to $400m of shares. Regis down as aged care funding changes disappoint. Gold surges.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Monday, September 22. The ASX 200 index closed 0.4 per cent higher to 8810.90 points, led by mining gains. It follows a record closing session on Wall Street last week.
On Friday, the S&P 500 index rose 0.5 per cent on Friday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.7 per cent and the Dow Jones added 0.4 per cent, or 173 points. Apple's iPhone 17 went on sale globally on Friday and US President Trump announced a TikTok deal with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after a chat on the day.
Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin was trading around $US112,900 at 4.45pm AEST.
The Aussie dollar was trading around US65.90c.
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