- ASX200 closed 0.89% higher at 7055.4 on Thursday.
- Zip Co surged on new agreement with Adobe to join the Exchange Program.
- Bunnings set to become mass COVID-19 vaccination sides nationwide.
The Australian market closed 0.83% higher at 7055.4 as gains amongst the gold miners and healthcare stocks boosted the key index.
NAB?s Quarterly Business Survey out today reported Australian business activity is almost back to pre-coronavirus level across all industries for Q1.
Tech stocks finished the session more than 1% higher driven by Megaport?s near 10% surge, Codan gaining more than 3% and EML Payments adding 2.17%.
Bitcoin has shed 1.38% in the last 24-hours to trade around US$54,533.06 at 4:10pm AEST.
BNPL player Zip Co surged today after announcing a new agreement signed with Adobe. Zip Co will become an Accelerate partner in Adobe?s Exchange Partner Program. The move will make Zip Co the preferred BNPL provider for Adobe?s e-commerce software, Magneto.
Making headlines, Wesfarmers? subsidiary company Bunnings may soon use its car parks as mass vaccination spots for COVID-19 jabs across the nation to assist in speeding up the program rollout. The 306 locations across Australia could prove beneficial for mass administration of the incoming extra Pfizer vaccine doses.
And a professor in Hong Kong has developed an educational program using role-playing robots to help children with autism improve social skills and overcome challenges like bullying.