Live: ASX 200 at two-week low as BHP, miners fall; APM confirms Madison Dearborn bid; GQG rises as funds lift
ASX 200 falls 1.6 per cent this week. Iron ore futures fall. GQG rises as funds soar. APM extends trading halt ahead of new bid. Magellan's outflows up. Oil above $US90 as geopolitical tensions rise.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Friday, April 5. The ASX 200 index closed 0.6 per cent lower at 7773.30 points as heavyweight miners fell. Global investors await US jobs data. US indexes dropped overnight on hawkish rate commentary and rising geopolitical tensions.
The Aussie dollar is near US65.73c.
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