Stock Market LIVE Updates | Australia shares end flat; Perpetual top loser on benchmark





Australian shares ended unchanged on Wednesday as local stocks pared gains after adding 1.4% on Tuesday as the Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold and signalled inflation was still high, while fund manager Perpetual plunged 7% after private equity firm KKR said it would buy two of its units.


The S&P/ASX 200 benchmark index closed 0.1% higher at 7,804.5 points, extending winning streak to five days. The benchmark rose 1.4% on Tuesday.


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