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Live: ASX 200 ends lower; AGL leads large-cap gains. Life360 halted on capital raising. Dusk sales rise.

AGL 'behind' Origin in shift from coal. Miners and energy weigh on market.  Life360 halted on capital raising. Dusk sales rise.

The impact of rate rises weighs on investors ahead of Black Friday sales this week. Picture: Gaye Gerard
The impact of rate rises weighs on investors ahead of Black Friday sales this week. Picture: Gaye Gerard
The Australian Business Network

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Monday, November 21. ASX 200 ends lower. AGL leads large-cap gains. Life360 halted on capital raising. Dusk sales rise. Inflation, tight jobs market to push RBA to 3.85 per cent by May. 

The ASX 200 ends 0.2 per cent lower at 7139.

Wall Street closed higher on Friday with the S&P 500 up 0.5 per cent, the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite Index 0.1 per cent stronger and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.6 per cent higher.

US Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its November rates meeting on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT).

US 10-year bond yields rose to near 3.83 per cent and US two-year yields lifted to near 4.53 per cent.

Oil prices fell with the international benchmark Brent crude down 2.4 per cent to $US87.62 per barrel and the US Nymex 1.9 per cent weaker at $US80.08 per barrel.

The gold futures price slid 0.5 per cent to $US1754.40 an ounce while iron ore futures fell 0.2 per cent to $US92.89 a tonne.

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