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…

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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…

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Pre-market Report

  Dow Jones down 107 points on Friday in a narrow range. Wall Street was up 86 at best and down 123 at worst, closing near its lows. S&P 500 down 0.3%. The NASDAQ down 0.09% where it was up almost 1% for most of the morning trade before losing all gains in the afternoon. US 10 and 2 year bond…

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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…

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