Half-year earnings for Woolworths were lower as industrial action hit profits, but will Coles be a similar result?

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• Wisetech saw half-year profit and revenue up, but a return by founder Richard White as executive chairman saw shares higher, up by 2% to $96.50
• PointsBet shares up 32% to $1.10 
• Worley lifted more than 10 per cent to $15.46 after the company announced a $500 million share buyback and delivered a 72 per cent jump in interim net profit to $183 million.
• Woolworths had a 21% drop in net profit to $739 million sending shares down more than 3% to $30.60.
• Flight Centre shares down more than 10% to $15.92
• Lynas announced a significant drop in profit and no dividend. Shares closing down 1.7% to $6.85.

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