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ASX 200 hits record highs; real estate and tech stocks surge; uranium miners rally

Interest rate-sensitive real estate and tech stocks surge. Uranium stocks rally. MUA and DP World reach deal.  Atlassian halves net loss. Halo Food to be wound up. 

Joseph Carbone and Megan Neil
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6:01AMFebruary 02, 2024.
Updated 5:05PMFebruary 02, 2024
The Australian Business Network
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The local sharemarket is set to claw back some of Thursday’s losses. Picture: Jeremy Piper
The local sharemarket is set to claw back some of Thursday’s losses. Picture: Jeremy Piper

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Friday, February 2. The ASX 200 hit a record high of 7703.60 points before finishing with a 1.5 per cent gain at a record close of 7699.40 points. Wall Street rebounded, with mega-cap tech stocks Meta and Amazon up sharply in after-hours trading.

The Aussie dollar is trading around US65.96c.

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