Facebook news content block removed: ASX closes 0.9% higher
23 Feb 2021 - Social media giant Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on Australian news content. Rising commodity prices continued to be the stimulant for the energy and mining rally, with BHP (ASX:BHP) and Oil Search (ASX:OSH) all edging higher. Industrial property investment heavyweight Centuria Industrial REIT (ASX:CIP) has successfully snapped up a modern warehouse in the north-western Sydney suburb of Bella Vista.