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ASX dips as iron ore futures dive, CBA hits record

CBA hits record at $100 a share, but ASX takes 0.3 per cent dip as iron ore futures slide.

David Rogers and Elise Shaw
Gold traded beyond $US1900 an ounce for the first time in 20 weeks. Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
Gold traded beyond $US1900 an ounce for the first time in 20 weeks. Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
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5:34AMMay 26, 2021.
Updated 4:49PMMay 26, 2021
The Australian Business Network

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Wednesday, 26 May 2021. CBA hit $100 a share on Wednesday but the ASX200 took a late dip as iron or futures in Singapore turned south.

The S&P/ASX 200 finished down 0.3 per cent at 7092.5 after having been up as much as 0.3 per cent earlier in the day. 

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