ASX 200 closes flat as CSL, Macquarie, Breville and Seek drop; AGL's Loy Yang hit by outage
ASX 200 closes down 0.2pc at 7603.6points. Loy Yang A station offline. Callide C station failure report out. Macquarie hit by profit warning, star exit. Challenger lifts. Seek, Lew-backed Breville, Seven West and James Hardie fall.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, February 13. The ASX 200 closed down 0.2 per cent, at 7603.60 points. CSL's decline is weighing for a second day in a row, while the big four banks and heavyweight miners lend support.
Investors are in the midst of a very busy earnings season - see the calendar here.
The Aussie dollar is near US65.19c.
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