RBA's 25 basis point rate rise; ASX 200 down; Westpac falls
Cash rate at 12-year high of 4.35 per cent. Brookfield-EIG may launch hostile Origin bid; advisory group ISS backs offer. Westpac falls.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, November 7. The ASX 200 index closes 0.3 per cent lower at 6977.10 points, weighed by banking losses. Wall Street closed flat as US bond yields rose.
The Aussie dollar is near US64.36c.
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