Money News With Ross Greenwood: Highlights

A significant order for defence industry company Droneshield saw it rocket on the market today. ASX200: up 0.04% to 8,559 GOLD: $3,328 US/oz BITCOIN: $164,675 AUD CBA shares reaching a new intraday high above $192 eventually closing up 1.7% to $191.40. Droneshield signed a new contract in Europe worth more than $60 million. Shares were boosted 20% to $2.14. Virgin Australia continued to soar, rising by another 3.4% on its second day of trading to close at $3.34. BHP fell 1%, Fortescue was down 2.3%, but Rio recovered from earlier losses to only drop 0.6% to $104.30 Gold miners Northern Star Resources, Evolution Mining, and Newmont all took a hit. CURRENCY: AUD/USD: 65.0 US cents AUD/GBP: 47.7 pence AUD/EUR: 56 Euro cents AUD/JPY: 94 Japanese yen AUD/NZD: 1.08 NZ dollars See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.