Author: james Carter
The ASX200 had another strong day led by heavyweights BHP Billiton (BHP) and Commonwealth Bank (CBA), although closed down -2 points at 5,496 as a result of National Australia Bank (NAB), Macquarie Group (MQG) and Westpac Bank (WBC) all going ex-dividend, an equivalent to a -20 point reduction in the index.
Overseas markets show their hand: how about Australia?
The ASX200 opened strongly as expected, given all-time highs again hit in the Dow overnight, up +56 points at one stage to close up +50 points.
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The ASX200 had an unusual open, only to normalise and close down 12 points.
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The ASX200 was sold off early in the session, only to recover throughout the afternoon to close -15 points to 5,461.
***NAB Reports 1H cash profit of $3.15b and interim dividend of $0.99**
The ASX200 followed overnight leads, closing +41 points at 5,476 and recovering most of yesterday’s losses.
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