ASX 200's sharp fall; Brookfield, EIG set to sweeten Origin offer; Liontown secures funds
Liontown in $365m equity raising, $760m debt funding. Consortium works on higher Origin offer. Qantas, Telix, Netwealth drop. 1200 jobs at risk at Alcoa Kwinana. AUD drops on jobs data.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Thursday, October 19. The ASX 200 index ended down 1.4 per cent to 6981.60 points amid broad-based declines as bond yields soared. Wall St fell overnight.
The Aussie dollar is near US63.04c.
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