ASX 200 ends flat; CSR, Fortescue gain; Qantas and Medibank fall; Lovisa, Bega Cheese soar
Lovisa, Universal Store, Bega Cheese and Insignia jump. SkyCity loses long-standing SA contract fight. Fortescue and CSR gain. RBA's Bullock 'agnostic' on Treasurer's veto power. Japan's Nikkei tops record high after 34 years.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Thursday, February 22. The ASX 200 index closed flat, up by just 2.8 points to 7611.20 points, after earlier falling as much as 0.3 per cent.
Local investors have another big list of earnings updates to work through.
The Aussie dollar is trading near US65.58c.
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Originally published as ASX 200 ends flat; CSR, Fortescue gain; Qantas and Medibank fall; Lovisa, Bega Cheese soar
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