With Asian markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday and a soft lead in from Wall St, the name of the game for the local market was consolidation of recent gains - the ASX 200 closing down 1%.

With Asian markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday and a soft lead in from Wall St, the name of the game for the local market was consolidation of recent gains - the ASX 200 closing down 1%. On the reporting front, Newcrest Mining's first-half underlying profit of $533 million (up 134% year-on-year) was 18% above consensus but RBC Capital still hinted that investors may need to "tread carefully". Among others, AGL reported a net loss of $2.3 billion and Telstra a net profit of $1.1 billion. Our top three VODs today are: Monetising infrastructure assets key to Telstra's growth Prime Value shares its three (+ one) picks for reporting season GrainCorp MD and CEO: Record year for grains facilitated by accelerating digital platforms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.