ASX set for flat start as US-China tensions simmer

Summary

• SPI Futures are down 3 points, or 0.05%, and hint at a flat start for the ASX 200
• Wall Street investors flocked to value stocks overnight, sending the Dow and S&P 500 higher and the NASDAQ lower
• Challenger will not pay shareholders a final dividend after net profit dropped 13% for the year
• Victoria recorded 19 coronavirus-related deaths for the second consecutive day and 331 new cases