The ASX200 has been up 0.6% at 8,173 points in early afternoon trade. The Aussie market has climbed this morning, countering Wall Street’s overnight slide, will all US indices falling except the Nasdaq which closed flat. Back home, all sectors are in the green and Utilities and Telecommunication have been the strongest performers – both up 1.3%, followed by Discretionary, up 1.1% Company NewsWashington H Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd (ASX:SOL) has been down 0.35% after reporting a 27.8% fall in FY24 group net profit – to $499 million. This was largely caused by ‘lower contributions’ from the Br…