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ASX200 regains Feb 2020 levels: ASX shares close 2.5% higher over week

08 Jan 2021 - The ASX200 opened lower but advanced over the session to end 0.7 per cent higher today. The index is sitting at a level we haven’t seen since late February 2020, before the impacts of Covid wreaked havoc on the market. Oil and gas explorer, FAR (ASX:FAR) has postponed its shareholder meeting which was scheduled to consider Woodside Energy’s offer to buy its interest in the RSSD project in Senegal. The postponement was made to allow...

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ASX200 regains Feb 2020 levels: ASX shares close 0.7% higher over week

08 Jan 2021 - The ASX200 opened lower but advanced over the session to end 0.7 per cent higher today. The index is sitting at a level we haven’t seen since late February 2020, before the impacts of Covid wreaked havoc on the market. Oil and gas explorer, FAR (ASX:FAR) has postponed its shareholder meeting which was scheduled to consider Woodside Energy’s offer to buy its interest in the RSSD project in Senegal. The postponement was made to allow...

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Trump promises to facilitate an orderly transition of power: Aus shares to open higher

08 Jan 2021 - Aussie shares are set to open higher, following news that President-elect Joe Biden has been certified the winner of the 2020 Presidential election by both the House and Senate. This occurred just hours after pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol building. Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has joined the call to remove Trump from office, saying he “incited an armed insurrection against America”. This political upheaval hasn’t affected the market’s optimism...

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