ASX 200 up; BoQ top loser; Hancock ups Liontown stake; Qantas lifts
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has 19.9 per cent of Liontown. CSL avoids first strike. Profit fall, outlook weighs on BoQ. Qantas gains on chair exit.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Wednesday, October 11. The ASX 200 index closed 0.7 per cent higher at 7088.40 points. Wall Street closed higher.
The Aussie dollar is near US64.21c.
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