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ASX drops 0.6% as COVID, EOFY lead bourse lower
Markets continue to fall, travel stocks hit as Sydney faces lockdown, Costa enters trading halt The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) finished 0.6% lower on...
ASX claws back $33b as miners and banks rebound
Strongest day in four months, Fed backs off, lithium miners rally The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) experienced its best session in four months, adding 1.5% on...
ASX drops 1.8% as heat goes out of reflation trade
ASX dragged down by US sell off, CBA sells general insurance arm, Boral out of the US The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) followed global markets lower to begin...
Tech surge lifts ASX to fifth straight week of gains
Fifth straight weekly gain, tech back in favour, commodities tank, AUD weakens The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) finished 0.1% higher on Friday as markets...
Hawkish Fed knocks ASX from its record-setting perch
Rough day as rate hike hits, Challenger, Seven, Coles offer market updates The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) finished down 0.4% on Thursday in what some are...
ASX edges to fourth straight record high
ASX records continue despite mining sell off, energy stronger, lithium deals continue The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) finished at another record, adding 0.1%...
Megacaps fire ASX to new record high
ASX, Comm Bank, and Mineral Resources close at records, Austal sold off The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) continues to hit new records, moving 0.9% higher...
ASX edges to new record close, fourth weekly gain
ASX finishes at fresh record, shrugs off inflation threat, tech, gold rally The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) finished +0.1% on Friday, taking the market...
ASX closes above 7300 for the first time
ASX moves higher, as every sector but energy improves, Woolworths’ takeover to go ahead The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) capped off another...
Lacklustre ASX softens ahead of US inflation data
ASX falls on grocery retailers, Chinese business inflation hits record, Brickworks jumps on property The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) fell 0.3% on...
Tech and health stocks outperform as ASX adds 0.2%
Market records continue, materials weaker, activity grows in IT sector The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) added another 0.2% on Tuesday, with the materials...