Hurricane Milton is ripping the US east coast apart, but could it have an impact on ASX listed companies in the insurance building space.

MARKET WRAP:
ASX200: up 0.44%, 8,223
GOLD: $2,633 US/oz
BITCOIN: $93,887 AUD
BHP rose 1.4% to $43.90 and lithium producer Pilbara Minerals closed up 2.4% to $2.92.
Some of the smaller miners such as Lake Resources jumped 11% and Liontown resources closed up 5% to 83 cents.
Rio Tinto also had a good day closing up 1.3% to $119.87, but was helped by its deal to acquire Arcadium Lithium.  Shares in Arcadium rose by 38% to $8.20..
On the other side of the coin was Cochlear which has dropped around 17% in recent months from its all time high and today fell 1.55% to $290.43.

CURRENCY UPDATE:
AUD/USD: 67.28 US cents
AUD/GBP: 52.3 pence
AUD/EUR: 62 Euro cents
AUD/JPY: 100 Japanese yen
AUD/NZD: 1.10 NZ dollars

Hurricane Milton is ripping the US east coast apart, but could it have an impact on ASX listed companies in the insurance building space.
MARKET WRAP:
<ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">ASX200: up 0.44%, 8,223</li>
<li aria-level="1">GOLD: $2,633 US/oz</li>
<li aria-level="1">BITCOIN: $93,887 AUD</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">BHP rose 1.4% to $43.90 and lithium producer Pilbara Minerals closed up 2.4% to $2.92.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Some of the smaller miners such as Lake Resources jumped 11% and Liontown resources closed up 5% to 83 cents.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Rio Tinto also had a good day closing up 1.3% to $119.87, but was helped by its deal to acquire Arcadium Lithium.  Shares in Arcadium rose by 38% to $8.20..</li>
<li aria-level="1">On the other side of the coin was Cochlear which has dropped around 17% in recent months from its all time high and today fell 1.55% to $290.43.</li>
</ul>
CURRENCY UPDATE:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">AUD/USD: 67.28 US cents</li>
<li aria-level="1">AUD/GBP: 52.3 pence</li>
<li aria-level="1">AUD/EUR: 62 Euro cents</li>
<li aria-level="1">AUD/JPY: 100 Japanese yen</li>
<li aria-level="1">AUD/NZD: 1.10 NZ dollars</li>
</ul>

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