Live: ASX 200 rises, led by health stocks and miners; Future Fund lifts returns
ASX rises for third day straight after US records. Prices, costs growth fall sharply: NAB survey. Future Fund cautions market on inflation fight. Another executive leaves Qantas.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, January 23. The ASX 200 index closed up 0.5 per cent to 7,514.90 points. It comes after the US S&P 500 hit a fresh record high and the Dow Jones traded above the 38,000 points mark for the first time.
The Aussie dollar is trading around US66.05c.
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