ASX kicks off new year with gains despite Wall Street losses - The Age

The ASX 200 was hit with another last-minute sell-off, dragging the sharemarket into the red on the first day of trading for the new financial year.

Welcome to your five-minute recap of the trading day and how the experts saw it. The numbers: The Australian sharemarket lost early gains on Friday and closed 0.4 per cent, or 28.2 points to 6539.9.… [+959 chars]

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