Live updates: Court orders Evergrande liquidation, ASX makes modest gains

News Snapshot:

Good morning and welcome to another week of market action. I'll be with you this morning, then handing over to Samuel Yang to take you through the afternoon. It looks like it's going to be a quiet start to trade, with the ASX 200 futures up just 0.2%, following a mixed finish on Wall Street on Friday. The benchmark S & P 500 was down 0.1%, while the tech heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.4%, but the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.2%. The economic news out in the US on Friday was generally positive, with consumer spending holding...