Live: CSL drags ASX 200 lower; Synlait dives; JB Hi-Fi hits record high; tech stocks gain
CSL weighs down market after disappointing cardiac drug trial. Fletcher halts for earnings guidance, CEO future update. Synlait sinks on earnings warning. Retailer JB Hi-Fi up as profit beats estimates.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Monday, February 12. The ASX 200 index closed 0.4 per cent lower at 7614.90 points as biotech giant CSL weighed on the market.
The Aussie dollar is trading near US65.19c.
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