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Going up. Monday showed what the market thinks of Morrison

Written by Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW

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The coalition’s shock victory pushed up the S&P ASX 200 1.7% in the biggest surge since Kevin Rudd was elected prime minister in 2007.

The ASX 200 measures the price of Australia’s 200 biggest public companies. The jump pushed up the value of shares across the...

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