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Three-week high for Aussie market, enjoy it while you can

February 18, 2022 by Drew Meredith

Surges from CSL and BHP powered the Australian sharemarket to a three-week high on Thursday - but the market is likely to struggle today following overnight falls in the US. Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index gained...

Earnings help push local market higher

February 17, 2022 by Drew Meredith

Healthy earnings results from the likes of CSL, Treasury Wine Estates and Pro Medicus helped to push the Australian sharemarket higher on Wednesday, offsetting losses from the major resource stocks as iron...

BHP cash river pours onto market

February 16, 2022 by Drew Meredith

Tuesday's market highlight came before the opening, when diversified miner BHP reported a bumper half-year result.Strong commodity prices - in particular, record iron ore and coking (steelmaking) coal prices, and buoyant copper...

Aussie market pushes higher, against trend

February 15, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The Australian sharemarket pushed higher on Monday, led by the resources stocks, as petroleum producers gained on fears of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine and gold miners rose on...

Market takes backward step, Magellan’s struggles continue

February 14, 2022 by Drew Meredith

A promising February on the Australian ran into a roadblock on Friday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index surrendering 71.2 points on the day, or 1.0 per cent, to 7217.3 points.While that...

Market rides NAB profit, keeps February rise going

February 11, 2022 by Drew Meredith

After a bruising 6.4% loss in January, the Australian share market is trying to pick up the pieces, with Thursday being its sixth positive session in eight trading days so...

ASX rally continues, CBA boosts dividend, Mineral Resources falls

February 10, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 continued a recent strong run gaining another 1.1% on Wednesday with Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA) a key contributor. The financial and technology sector are seeing strong support as earnings season steps up another...

Market recovers ground, Macquarie delivers record quarter, iron ore surge continues

February 9, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 recovered the ground lost on Monday, increasing 1.1% on Tuesday as the iron ore price showed no signs of slowing down. Having oscillated between a new commodity supercycle and a bear...

Market recovers during the day, Douglass takes leave, Graincorp upgrade

February 8, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 managed a solid fightback during the session falling as much as 1% at the open but finishing down just 0.1% for the day. There were only three sectors higher, being energy, materials...

ASX breaks three-week losing streak, REA beats, Boral goes ex-capital return

February 7, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 looked beyond the sharp selloff in technology stocks overnight to post a 0.6% gain on Friday. The result was broad-based with almost every sector higher, with materials, energy and technology all finishing over...

ASX falls as tech tanks, Westpac profit flat, Xero, Novonix slump

February 4, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 fell throughout the day, finishing 0.1% lower with all eyes on the Morningstar Investment Conference. The technology sector carried most of the selling pressure, falling 5.9% in a single session, with utilities and materials the...

ASX rallies on strong global lead, Amcor sales slow, ERA’s big clean up

February 3, 2022 by Drew Meredith

It was another strong day for the S&P/ASX200, overcoming negative sentiment around valuations and inflation to deliver another 1.2% gain. Almost every sector finished higher, with utilities the primary underperformer after Origin Energy (ASX:...

Market gains on RBA hold, Boral delivers big capital return, ELMO upgrades

February 2, 2022 by Drew Meredith

It was another positive day for the market, with the S&P/ASX200 gaining 0.5% after the Reserve Bank confirmed it would be taking no action on rates once again. Concerns about a slowdown in global growth...

Market consolidates, Ansell tanks on downgrade, ARB jumps

February 1, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 wasn't able to capitalise on the strong finish in the US on Friday, continuing to underperform the world's largest market falling 0.2%. Financials were the biggest detractor falling 1.8% with the...

Trees of green, volatility, bond yields fall, market rallies, ResMed reports

January 31, 2022 by Drew Meredith

Australian investors had some respite on Friday, as volatility disappeared and the S&P/ASX200 gained 2.2% to finish the week. There was little news driving the rebound, aside from perhaps the realisation that whilst...

ASX200 enters correction on Fed rate hike, energy, utilities outperform, Kogan tumbles again

January 28, 2022 by Drew Meredith

It was an eventful day in global markets, with the US indices initially trading higher after learning that the Federal Reserve were considering increasing the cash rate for the first...

Red everywhere, inflation data sends market lower, momentum stocks hardest hit

January 26, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 opened the day reasonably well despite growing negativity in the markets ahead of the Federal Reserve's impending rate decision. But the release of Australian CPI data reversed that trend with the market...

Market defies selling pressure, Uniti on the market, Adairs slumps

January 25, 2022 by Drew Meredith

A spate of headlines over the week naturally put pressure on the S&P/ASX200 today, with the index falling 1% at the open but finding support throughout the day to finish down just...

ASX suffers worst week since 2020, every sector down, Nuix, Whitehaven report

January 24, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX 200 suffered its worst week since 2020, finishing Friday 2.3% lower and losing 2.9% over the last five days. On Friday, every single sector on the market was lower, in fact...

ASX holds ground, gold miners surge, unemployment dips

January 21, 2022 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX200 (ASX: XJO) managed a small gain, finishing 0.1 per cent higher despite 7 out of the eleven sectors finishing underwater today. The highlight of the session was the materials sector, which gained...