The local bourse followed a robust lead in from Wall St, which saw the NASDAQ and S&P500 crack record highs thanks to an 18% pop in Netflix stock and excitement around the Biden presidency.

The local bourse followed a robust lead in from Wall St, which saw the NASDAQ and S&P500 crack record highs thanks to an 18% pop in Netflix stock and excitement around the Biden presidency. The ASX200 closed up 0.8% with the tech, financials and miners the leaders. BNPL provider, Zip, surged 23% after releasing a quarterly update which revealed an 88% increase in revenue. Check out our interview with COO, Peter Gray. Our top three VODs today are:

Born in Australia, killing it in America; Zip Co on its plan to go bigger

Lots of reasons to be excited by tech in 2021

China wants more of Justin's Nickel pig iron


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