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Daily Market Update 06 October 2025

October 6, 2025 by The Inside Adviser

ASX closes in on record as growth sectors rallyThe S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) climbed 41.5 points to finish at 8,987.4, inching toward its all-time high of 9,019.1. Gains in...

Daily Market Update: 02 October 2025

October 2, 2025 by The Inside Adviser

ASX steady as BHP weighs and gold miners shineThe S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) swung between gains and losses, closing marginally down 3.1 points at 8,845.7, as weakness in heavyweight...

Tech, real estate buoy ASX (ASX:XJO), Bapcor sinks on slowing sales, RBA meeting now ‘live’

October 18, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The local share market snapped its losing streak, with both the All Ordinaries (ASX:XAO) and S&P/ASX200 (ASX:XJO) gaining 0.4 per cent on a settling of bond yields and the latest...

Share market feels the rates heat

October 4, 2023 by James Dunn

Share market feels the rates heat The Australia share market retreated to a six-month low on Tuesday, as global markets felt the pressure from surging bond yields – despite, in...

Local market trades lower ahead of US inflation print

September 14, 2023 by James Dunn

A tech slide dragged the ASX indices lower on Wednesday, ahead of the US inflation data coming in overnight. Consensus expectations were for the US headline consumer price index (CPI)...

Australian market higher on Tuesday, but barely

September 13, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The Australian share market moved higher on Tuesday, as investors assessed conflicting data releases, one showing weakening consumer sentiment but the other indicating business conditions improving. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index...

Market (ASX:XAO) sinks despite GDP data beat, oil rallies on supply cuts

September 7, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The local share market weakened again on Wednesday, with the All Ordinaries down 0.7 and the S&P/ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) falling 0.8 per cert as seven sectors fell by more than...

ASX (ASX:XAO) down on RBA, GDP outlook, Origin, Qantas struggle

September 6, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The local share market closed broadly flat on Tuesday, with both the S&P/ASX200 (ASX:XJO) and All Ordinaries falling 5 and 9 points respectively. The primary culprit was a weakening utilities...

Active management outperformance rarely lasts: US study

June 19, 2023 by Staff Writer

While active management can provide pockets of outperformance both here and globally, research from S&P Global suggests maintaining above-benchmark returns is difficult to maintain.

Firming iron ore steels Australian market

March 3, 2023 by James Dunn

Rising iron ore prices helped mining heavyweights BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals and Mineral Resources on Thursday, and in turn that helped to push the major indices higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished Thursday up...

China optimism surge sparks miners

March 2, 2023 by James Dunn

Optimism for mining stocks battled a downturn in the big banks in deciding the direction for the Australian share market on Wednesday, with the banks prevailing just enough to see...

Retail rally points to rising rates

March 1, 2023 by James Dunn

Australian retail sales rebounded in January as household spending defied inflation and higher borrowing costs, strengthening the case for the Reserve Bank to keep raising interest rates, and run a "higher for...

Australian market struggling for energy

February 10, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 39.8 points, or 0.5 per cent on Thursday to 7490.3; while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped 44.7 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 7695.8. Energy was in the...

Newcrest, Nuix provide market highlights

February 9, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Wednesday advanced 26 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 7,530.1, while the broader All Ordinaries closed 27.4 points to the good, also 0.4 per cent, at 7,740.5. Goldminer Newcrest added another 65...

Inflation jumps to 33-year high

January 27, 2023 by Drew Meredith

Australian shares ended a five-day winning streak on Wednesday, and the Aussie dollar rose, after the markets learned that inflation in Australia had risen to its highest point since 1990,...

Miners motivate market

January 25, 2023 by Drew Meredith

Upgrades in expectations for lithium price growth helped to lift the Australian sharemarket on Tuesday, driving a strong day for miners. Broker UBS lifted its lithium price forecast as much...

BNPL back in town

January 24, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The S&P/ASX 200 continued its strong early-2023 form on Monday, advancing 5.1 points, or 0.1 per cent, to a fresh nine-month high of 7457.3 points. The broader All Ordinaries index added 7.9 points to...

ASX hits April highs, energy, materials gain, mixed results for lithium stocks

January 23, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The local market managed to finish what appeared a mixed week on a positive note, gaining 0.2 per cent. Powered by the energy and materials sectors, up 1.4 and 0.9,...

Tepid jobs data eases rate fears

January 20, 2023 by Drew Meredith

The local share market advanced to a fresh eight-month high on Thursday after weaker-than-expected jobs data showed the Australian economy slowing, raising expectations for less aggressive rate hikes from the Reserve...

Market limps to eight-month high

January 19, 2023 by Drew Meredith

It was a mixed day on the local market on Wednesday, with six of the 11 sectors higher, and the upshot being a 0.1 per cent rise in the benchmark S&P/ASX...