ASX up 1% and pushing 6200; Banks, Telstra, Afterpay surge

Summary

• The ASX200 jumped 1% at Tuesday's open and was approaching a post-pandemic high of 6199.2 that was set on August 25
• Financials were strong in early trade. Telstra also jumped, adding 2.9%, while Afterpay was up 3.8% and set a new record high $96.08
• Trading is delayed on the Hong Kong stock exchange after typhoon Nangka was upgraded to a Storm Signal 8 this morning
• Commonwealth Bank and Telstra are holding their annual general meetings today. We've got the live streams in the blog below