ASX 200 live: $50m golden handshake for Virgin ex-CEO Jayne Hrdlicka; US Fed rate cut next week near certain

Energy stocks standout decliners on positive day for bourse. Former Virgin boss Jayne Hrdlicka's $50m golden handshake to 'bear significant weight' in wage talks. APA reviews regulator's Basslink decision.

Banks have been volatile this week in the wake of restructuring changes and job losses.

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Friday, September 12. The ASX 200 index closed 0.7 per cent higher to 8864.90 points, led by with property and bank stocks. WiseTech, Car Group among those trading ex-dividend.

The Dow industrials closed 1.4 per cent higher, or above 46,000 points for the first time on record. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes also closed nearly 1 per cent higher, hitting fresh all-time highs.

Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin was near $US115,500 at 5pm AEST.

The Aussie dollar was near US66.59c.