23 Dec 2020 - The local sharemarket rose at the open and managed to close 44 points up or 0.7% higher at 6,643. Shares in Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) rallied today despite no new news from them. Materials only sector that shed today. Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) will invest an additional £36 million (approximately $65 million) in Octopus Energy Group
23 Dec 2020 - The ASX opened higher this morning with the S&P/ASX 200 Index 35 points up or 0.5% higher at 6,635. Shares in the Smart Group Corp (ASX:SIQ) are on the up today after reporting their operating EBITDA is expected to be approximately $47 million for the second half. Shares in Ramelius Resources (ASX:RMS) are currently dropping. Materials is the only sector to make losses so far this morning.
23 Dec 2020 - Ingenia Communities Group (ASX:INA) today announced the acquisition of Merry Beach Caravan Park for $20.5 million.
23 Dec 2020 - Bigtincan (ASX:BTH) has agreed to pay $22.6 million for ClearSlide, a sales engagement technology platform leader with hundreds of customers across three continents.
23 Dec 2020 - Following mixed leads from US markets, the ASX looks set to open higher. Stocks recovered ground across Europe yesterday. New South Wales residents wait anxiously to hear from the Premier later today on social gathering restrictions for Christmas. The number of cases in the state has so far been tracking down from 30 to just 8 yesterday. Challenger (ASX:CGF) has entered into an agreement to acquire MyLifeMyFinance for $35 million.
23 Dec 2020 - Infratil (ASX:IFT) confirms that its acquisition of 56.25 per cent of Qscan has been completed for total cash equity consideration of $289.6 million.
23 Dec 2020 - Fonterra (ASX:FSF) has received anti-trust clearance in China to sell its two wholly-owned farming hubs to Inner Mongolia Natural Dairy Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of China Youran Dairy Group.
22 Dec 2020 - The ASX200 opened slightly higher and dropped throughout the day to end 1.1 per cent lower. All of the sectors ended lower except Health Care and Real Estate. Sandfire Resources (ASX:SFR) has completed its largest-ever single shipment of copper concentrate from its DeGrussa operations in Western Australia.
22 Dec 2020 - The Australian share market opened higher but slumped in the first 2 hours of trade following mixed leads from Wall Street. All of the sectors are down, except Real Estate Investment Trusts. MyDeal.com.au (ASX:MYD) has appointed Lachlan Freeman as Chief Financial Officer. Syrah Resources (ASX:SYR) has signed an agreement with Solar Century Africa to progress a solar and battery storage hybrid power system.
22 Dec 2020 - Biotech company. Volpara Health Technologies (ASX:VHT) has signed a 5 year software-as-a-service agreement with BreastScreen Queensland, following a successful pilot on the Gold Coast.
