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Labour force commentary and big corporate results are on investor radars on Thursday. Picture: Damian Shaw

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Thursday, November 14. The ASX 200 index closed 0.4 per cent higher to 8224 points. US markets closed mixed overnight on a positive inflation print.

The Aussie dollar is trading around US64.70c at 5.10pm AEDT.