- ASX sheds 0.65% to 6780.60 points.
- Restrictions to ease in NSW, NZ hard border back.
- Siri able to receive corrections.
The Aussie market has closed 0.65% lower to 6780.60 points, driven by the big miners.
Tech stocks closed the day in the green, with Xero and Altium up around 2.5% each.
Bitcoin is lower at US$31,700 as analysts assess potential US Treasury rulings on cryptocurrencies.
In tech news, retail giant Walmart is preparing to introduce small robot-staffed warehouses to keep up with surging online orders.
Locally, NSW is set to ease coronavirus restrictions from Friday, including relaxing the mandated mask rule and increasing the cap on gatherings. In contrast, a hard border requiring travellers from New Zealand to quarantine on arrival in Australia has been reinstated after the country recorded its first COVID-19 case in months.
And TikTok user life hacks now include how to correct Siri on her pronunciation, including "Hey Siri, that?s not how you pronounce my name".