ASX 200 live: WiseTech long-serving directors quit; May jobs data ahead; Trump calls Powell 'stupid' as Fed holds rate

Australian employment unexpectedly fell by 2500 people in May. WiseTech's long-serving directors to exit. KMD hits record low on earnings  warning. 

US President Donald Trump is continuing to criticise US Fed chair Jerome Powell as part of his push for rate cuts. Pictures: Brendan Smialowski, Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Thursday, June 19. The ASX 200 index is down 0.1 per cent to 8520.10 points at 12.40pm AEST on mining falls.

Ahead of its Juneteenth holiday on Thursday (Friday AEST), Wall Street's major indexes - S&P 500, Dow Jones and the technology-focused Nasdaq - all closed flat.

The global benchmark Brent crude is near $US76 per barrel and the US WTI is around $US73 per barrel.

Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin is below $US105,000.

The Aussie dollar is trading around US64.75c.

Originally published as ASX 200 live: WiseTech long-serving directors quit; May jobs data ahead; Trump calls Powell 'stupid' as Fed holds rate