Live: ASX 200 gives up gains; iron ore miners down; Alumina jumps; Lowe's new role
Alumina accepts Alcoa takeover. Business conditions rebound: NAB. Lowe new Future Generation chair. Iron ore majors down after price tumble. Gold, lithium stocks gain. Bitcoin's record. QV up on merger.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, March 12. The ASX 200 index gave up its gains to be flat, closing up 0.1 per cent to 7712.50 points, after earlier rising as much as 0.4 per cent.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US66.16c.
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