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ASX 200 live: Oil prices jump, stocks jittery on Israel's Iran strikes; Rio down amid Tomago rescue talks; Accent falls

Crude prices lift as strikes on Iran send commodities higher. Rio's jointly-owned Tomago smelter in rescue talks. Accent smashed on profit warning. Woodside, Labor extend NW Shelf consultation.

Local investors are parsing corporate and economic data on the last day of trading week. Picture: Gaye Gerard
Local investors are parsing corporate and economic data on the last day of trading week. Picture: Gaye Gerard

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Friday, June 13. The ASX 200 index closed 0.2 per cent lower to 8547.40 points.

Wall Street indexes closed with modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 per cent and the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes gained 0.2 per cent, respectively.

Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin was above $US104,000 at 5pm AEST.

The Aussie dollar was trading around US64.75c.

Originally published as ASX 200 live: Oil prices jump, stocks jittery on Israel's Iran strikes; Rio down amid Tomago rescue talks; Accent falls

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