Midday Report Wednesday

MARKET AT MIDDAY The ASX rallied at the opening bell, climbing 43 points in the first 10 minutes of trade, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, with Healthcare, Technology, and Consumer Discretionary stocks leading gains. At 11:31, the ASX 200 jumped 1% to 7,190 after inflation data came in cooler than expected at 5.6% in May, vs…

End Of Day Report Wednesday

ASX 200 closed up 78 points to 7197 (+1.1%), boosted by cooler-than-expected inflation results. The Aussie dollar fell to 66.43c (-0.6%), and the 2Y and 10Y bonds took a hit following inflation results, before closing down 6bps and 5bps, respectively. Interest rate-sensitive sectors performed well. Consumer discretionary the best-performing sector today WES up 1.3%, JBH…

Pre-Market Report – Tuesday

Wall Street lost ground overnight, ending near worst levels as worries about the impact of further interest rate hikes mounted and crude prices advanced over aborted Russian mutiny over the weekend. Tech and mega-cap stocks led the losses as traders unwound bets that the Fed will cut interest rates this year, NASDAQ down 1.16%, and…

Marcus Take Tuesday

SUMMARY Finally the US markets run out of steam. The Bears are betting on a drop. What to do with FMG and BHP? Focus on CPI and RBA. New Home Page up and running. NEW HOMEPAGE A busy few days at Marcus Today putting the new homepage together. A lot of work has gone into…

Midday Report – Tuesday

ASX 200 is up 41 points to 7120 (+0.6%) snapping a four-day losing streak supported by heavyweight financials and resource stocks. PointsBet Holdings (PBH) Trading halted pending material announcement. Vulcan Energy Resources (VUL) +0.9% Signs a binding term sheet with SLB for its Zero Carbon Lithium Project. Immutep (IMM) -0.9% Completes a retail entitlement offer, raising $6.5m at 26c. Nib Holdings (NHF) -1.6% Delays private…

End of Day Report Tuesday

The ASX 200 up 40 points to 7118 (+0.6%) snapping back from a 4-day losing streak ahead of CPI numbers tomorrow. REITS saw the biggest gains today as the NSW premier announced an increase in height restrictions for apartment building in Sydney. GMG up 1.2% and SCG up 4%. Banks gained after their recent drop…