Afternoon trading January 17

Thanks @shovel40, @mirren and morning crew.


Half-time round-up: ASX Update: Shares edge higher ahead of Chinese update

In this report:

• Wesfarmers reaffirms outlook
• Adbri jumps on quicklime deal
• Pendal boardroom shake-up
• IPOs struggle

Personal trading: The market sure has sparked up over the last week. Good to see lots of spec movement. Caught a bit of the brief bounce in CPV from near the low. Best trade was an odd one: got on board LIC at $16.98. Unusual to see a property stock swing like that.