ASX flat as Afterpay hits record
The ASX finished flat after two straight days of gains as shares in buy now pay later market darling Afterpay climbed to a fresh record.
Business
by Rebecca Le May
15th Jan 2021 5:01 PM
The Australian sharemarket finished flat after two straight days of gains, with buy-now-pay-later market darling Afterpay among the winners along with iron ore and energy stocks.
The S&P/ASX200 closed just 0.10 points higher at 6715.4 while the All Ordinaries Index inched ahead by 4.1 points to 6986.8.
Axi chief global market strategist Stephen Innes said US stocks edged lower overnight as investors awaited details of the incoming Biden administration's plans for a new coronavirus relief package.