ASX 200 rises; Brickworks swings to big loss; beats underlying profit forecasts; Soul Patts profit drops; Star results in focus
Star trims statutory loss to $1.69bn as earnings, underlying profit take a hit. Cettire drops on analyst downgrade. Brickworks lifts on underlying profit beat. Step One insiders' near-$32m selldown weighs. Platinum rebuffs Regal takeover.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Thursday, September 26. The ASX 200 index closed 1 per cent higher to 8203.70 points at with all sectors in the green bar energy. Wall Street closed mixed ahead of a speech from Fed chair Jerome Powell and inflation data.
The Aussie dollar is back around US68.62c just before 5pm AEST.