- ASX200 closed 2.9 points higher at 6976.9 on Tuesday.
- DroneShield soared on final payment receipt from the Middle East.
- Csl slips with ongoing AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine issues.
The Australian market closed slightly higher by 0.04% or 2.9 points at 6796.9 on Tuesday as tech stocks fuelled the key index.
The tech sector led the gains driven by Zip Co skyrocketing nearly 18% on the back of record revenue posted in third quarter results.
Bitcoin is trading up 0.97% at US$60,936.99 at 4:30pm AEST as one of the world?s biggest asset managers, State Street Corp, joins the growing list of financial institutions planning to enter the crypto market through a digital-asset-custody service.
Australian-based electronic warfare developer DroneShield surged nearly 15% today after sharing news that it has received a $2.3m payment which is the remaining balance on an order from the Middle Eastern Ministry of Defence. The order was delivered in 2020 and was DroneShields? first multimillion-dollar order.
Making headlines, Csl?s share price has taken a hit today following the ongoing troubles with the AstraZeneca vaccine both in Australia and overseas. A second confirmed case of blood clotting was confirmed in Australia today following receipt of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
And Nuro driverless cars will begin delivering Domino?s pizzas as part of a pilot program in Houston from this week. Prepaid orders for some customers will be dropped off via the Nuro cars with customers just requiring to enter a unique PIN sent to them in order to receive the pizza?s on board.