ASX 200 falls another 57 points to 6842 (0.8%) as resources weighed on sentiment. The big iron ore miners under pressure, BHP off 2.4% with RIO falling 2.4% and FMG off 2.7%. Lithium stocks well and truly on the nose with PLS sinking another 7.3% as AKE fell 3.0% and MIN down 5.2%. Gold stocks eased too as bullion came off the bo
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Wall Street’s major indexes finished lower overnight after a choppy trading session as the market digested Powell’s comments, and the US 10Y yield approached 5%. The Dow Jones closed 251 points lower (-0.75%). Up 187 points at best. Down 297 points at worst.
ASX 200 managed to cling to 6900 falling 81 (1.2%) points today. Across the board selling as yields and geo-political events take centre stage. ASX 200 down 2.1% for the week. 10-year yields stable at 4.74% with US rates breaching 5.00% briefly. Banks sold off with CBA down 1.0% and NAB down 1.6%.
Our market down 87 and the jobs numbers not helping showing a tight labour market. Bond yields, poor US Results and Middle East tension doing us in.
ASX 200 dropped 96 points to 6982 (1.4%) as a broad sell-off hit the market as bond yields and Middle East conflict weighed on risk-takers. Big Banks down in the dumps, with CBA off 1.6% and the Big Bank Basket falling to $175.68 (-1.4%).
All three major indexes in the US closed sharply lower overnight, near worst levels, as escalating Middle East conflict dampened risk appetite. The Dow Jones fell 333 points (-0.98%), trading lower all day, down 399 points at worst. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ are now down for the week, losing 1.34% and 1.62% overnight.
Wall Street’s major indexes finished mixed overnight, losing earlier gains to end near flatline amid rising bond yields and renewed fears of higher for longer after higher-than-expected retail sales data. The Dow closed marginally in the green, up 13 points (+0.04%), up 163 points at best and down 130 points at worst. The S&P 500 ended slightly lower, down 0.01%, while the NASDAQ lost 0.25%, weighed down by heavy losses in chip companies after President Biden said it planned to halt shipments of advanced AI chips to China, Nvidia down 4.7%.
Our market losing ground slowly today as bond yields spike – Seeing PermaBears out and about highlighting the US debt and deficit