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.
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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