As it happened: ASX adds 0.4% ahead of Biden's stimulus detail

Summary

• The ASX 200 finished 0.4% higher at 6715.3 after a slow start on Thursday. The miners sagged on lower commodity prices, but tech stocks and the banks gained
• Donald Trump became the first president in US history to be impeached twice after the US House of Representatives found him guilty of inciting last week's deadly riot at the Capitol
• US futures were pushing ahead at 4pm AEDT as investors brace for Joe Biden's long-awaited stimulus response to the coronavirus pandemic. An announcement is expected on Thursday evening or Friday morning AEDT 
• Biotechnology giant CSL dashed speculation it could make the Novavax coronavirus vaccine onshore at the same time as AstraZeneca's product