Pre-Market Report

Wall Street finished mixed overnight, recovering from earlier losses. The Dow lost 97 points (-0.25%), S&P 500 up 0.17%, NASDAQ gained 0.37%, and small-cap stocks performed well, building on yesterday's gains with the Russell 2000 gaining 1.34%. January durable goods orders declined notably, mainly attributed to weak Boeing orders, while February's consumer confidence was below…

Trading Section

SUMMARY Iron ore up. BHP remains in downtrend. Not buying. MQG up another 0.8% yesterday vs the market up 0.1%. Staying in cash. EVN continues its downtrend after going ex-dividend yesterday. ALU remains heavily overbought after its takeover bid. JLG gets hit hard on results, down 13%. ADH backs up its 15% results rise with…

Suncorp – Stock Take

Suncorp Group (SUN) – Jumped 3.5% on half-year results yesterday. The banking segment underperformed while underlying earnings in insurance came in line with expectations. 16% written premium growth for this period and full year guidance upgraded to around 13% to 16%. Underwhelming NIM in the bank segment. The results show SUN are much better at…