Pre-Market Report Tuesday

Wall Street finished higher overnight despite rising bond yields. The Dow Jones finished near best levels, up 43 points (+0.13%). Up 54 points at best. Down 183 points at worst. The S&P 500 snapped a four-day slide, rising 0.40%, and the NASDAQ ended the day 0.45% higher, with Amazon gaining 1.7% after the company announced…

End of Day Report Tuesday

The ASX 200 closed down 38 points to 7038 (-0.5%), snapping a two-day advance as US futures fell. Almost all sectors finished in the red. Healthcare the top performer today. RMD bounced, up 2.3%, RHC up 0.9%, and CSL gained 1.0%. Financials gained ground in afternoon trade, finishing in positive territory. The Big Four Banks were mostly up. ANZ…

End of Day Report Friday

The ASX 200 kicked off the week on a positive note, up 8 points, recovering all of the morning losses and finishing at 7077 (+0.1%). Major sectors finished mixed today. Tech stocks were the star performers, buoyed by lower bond yields and an uptick in NASDAQ futures. WTC up 1.6%, XRO gained 2.0%, while SQ2 lost 1.8% down for its seventh consecutive session. All-Tech Index up 1.2%. A…