A pretty sorry week. Another sorry night. SPI Futures down 67, setting us up for a pretty shabby Monday start. Eighty-four new ASX 52-week lows on Friday. There should be a few more on Monday. ASX 200 did better than the US last week thanks to an absence of tech stocks (although our tech sector…
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DIARY NEXT WEEK The US reporting season enters its final week with McDonald's, Uber, Airbnb, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Qualcomm and Berkshire Hathaway the big names. Calendar HERE. On the economic front, we have a big week ahead. First and foremost in the USA is the big one, Fed Interest Rate Decision on Thursday morning. There is almost a certain chance that…
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TECHNICAL SUMMARY
ASX200 and All Ords hit a 52-week low. Next support not until 6440.
Only four daily buy signals and two sell signals in the All Ords.
Wall Street finished lower overnight amid mixed earnings, robust economic data showing resiliency and falling bond yields. The Dow ended near worst levels, down 252 points (-0.76%). Up 69 points at best. Down 292 points at worst. S&P 500 fell 1.18%, edging closer to a correction, with the index now down ~10% from its July peak. The NASDAQ slumped 1.76%.
Woolworths released first-quarter sales results on Wednesday and hosted its AGM yesterday. The results were mixed with Australian grocery sales outperforming while Big W and NZ underperformed.
JB HI-FI updated the market yesterday with its first-quarter sales and AGM. A similar story to Woolworths almost with JB Australia performing well, the Good Guys flat and JB NZ disappointing.
ASX 200 closed up 15 points at 6827 (0.2%) down only 1% for the week.
