ASX 200 down; Gillon McLachlan to steer Tabcorp; RBA decision on Tue; BoE to keep rates steady this week
Ex-AFL boss McLachlan to take Tabcorp reins. China house price falls may pressure iron ore prices. Integral, Capital lock merger talks. Temasek's $300m stake play with Betashares. Billionaire's $62.8m selldown.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Monday, June 17. The ASX 200 index closed 0.3 per cent lower to 7709.30 points. The RBA's latest rates decision is on Tuesday.
The Aussie dollar is trading near US65.92c after China's economic data came in mixed.
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