ASX 200: Macquarie's $61bn BlackRock deal; Firmus taps Nvidia, CDC for $73bn 'AI factory'
Investors optimistic on Reserve Bank easing after jobless rate rose to 4.5 per cent. TWE chair John Mullen survives shareholder vote. Firmus in $73.3bn 'AI factory' deal with Nvidia, CDC. Macquarie lifts on data deal, boosts Goodman.
That's all from the Trading Day blog for Thursday, October 16. The ASX 200 closed up 0.9 per cent at a record of 9068.4 points after an intraday high of 9109.7 on US gains, hopes of interest rate cuts and Macquarie's record breaking data centre deal.
On Wall Street, the tech-heavy Nasdaq index closed 0.7 per cent higher, the S&P 500 added 0.4 per cent, but the Dow Jones index ended about 17 points or 0.1 per cent lower.
Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin is also lower near $US111,600.
The Aussie dollar is trading near US64.90c.
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