A year of criticism has ended with Woolworths settling on a tougher earnings result.

ASX200: up 0.31%, 7,850
AUD: 66.27 US cents
GOLD: $2,508 US/oz
BITCOIN: $91,901 AUD
Supermarket giant Woolworths lifted by 3.3% after it gave a special dividend to shareholders, as underlying profits fell 0.6% to $1.7 billion.
Flight Centre has well and truly put the pandemic behind it, with strong demand for travel seeing earnings hit a new high.. Shares were up 3.7%.
Not able to cash in a winning bet was Tabcorp, with new CEO Gillon McLachlan saying the company would not meet cost-cutting targets.. shares plunged by 15% today.
Gas infrastructure operator APA Group saw its earnings lift to $1.89 billion, but shares fell by 1.5%.
And after shipping nearly 200 million tonnes of iron ore over the last financial year, Fortescue’s underlying profit rose 3% to $US5.7 billion, but shares dropped 1%.

A year of criticism has ended with Woolworths settling on a tougher earnings result.
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<li aria-level="1">ASX200: up 0.31%, 7,850</li>
<li aria-level="1">AUD: 66.27 US cents</li>
<li aria-level="1">GOLD: $2,508 US/oz</li>
<li aria-level="1">BITCOIN: $91,901 AUD</li>
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<li aria-level="1">Supermarket giant Woolworths lifted by 3.3% after it gave a special dividend to shareholders, as underlying profits fell 0.6% to $1.7 billion.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Flight Centre has well and truly put the pandemic behind it, with strong demand for travel seeing earnings hit a new high.. Shares were up 3.7%.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Not able to cash in a winning bet was Tabcorp, with new CEO Gillon McLachlan saying the company would not meet cost-cutting targets.. shares plunged by 15% today.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Gas infrastructure operator APA Group saw its earnings lift to $1.89 billion, but shares fell by 1.5%.</li>
<li aria-level="1">And after shipping nearly 200 million tonnes of iron ore over the last financial year, Fortescue’s underlying profit rose 3% to $US5.7 billion, but shares dropped 1%.</li>
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