That’s all from The Australian’s rolling coverage of business and markets news for Friday, June 26.
The ASX 200 index closed up 0.2 per cent at 8764.2 points after hitting a two-week low of 8708.1 as tech-heavy Asian sharemarkets dived on a report OpenAI could delay its IPO.
The Australian dollar was down near US68.96c.
Originally published as Westpac analysis puts Reserve Bank in a bind over slow economy