ASX 200 gains; Harvey Norman Q1 profit fall; Future Fund's quarterly return dips
Rinehart play buoys SQM target Azure. Roy Hill mine's $2.7bn annual profit. Future Fund's quarterly return dips. Harvey Norman gains on $442m share buyback. Coles leads consumer staples higher.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Friday, October 27. The ASX 200 index closes 0.2 per cent higher at 6826.90 points, led by strong consumer staple stocks. Wall St declined on hot GDP data, tech falls.
The Aussie dollar is near US63.42c.
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