END Of DAY Report

The ASX 200 falls 36 points to 7812 (0.5%) off the session lows as defensives rallied hard. NASDAQ futures improved helped by Nvidia results a positive. Healthcare and supermarkets did well. CSL up 1.4% with RMD rallying 1.0% and COH up 1.6%. WOW and COL also bucking the trend with WES continuing to fall. TLS managed a 1.2% rally…

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SUMMARY Was stopped out of JLG yesterday. Sold at $5.68. Disappointing performance. LNAS bet looks to start paying off. Nvidia up 6% afterhours. Time will tell if it galvanises the sector. SQ takes another hit in the US, hopefully Nvidia results will mitigate the damage. Bitcoin near flat overnight. Opening update: Has opened below stop…

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Pre-Market Report

US markets closed down overnight as Fed meeting minutes weighed. Nvidia released results after the bell and spiked 7%. The Dow Jones fell 202 points or 0.51%, flat at best, down 314 at worst. The S&P 500 lost 0.27% and the NASDAQ finished near flat. Down 0.18%. Minutes from the last Fed meeting showed policy…

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Pre-market Report

US stocks rose overnight, ending near session highs ahead of Nivida results tomorrow in what is likely to be a significant market catalyst. Testing the AI rally. S&P 500 and NASDAQ hit fresh record highs, up 0.25% and 0.22%. Marking the S&P 500's 24th record this year. Dow Jones gained 66 points (+0.17%). Up 99 points…

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SUMMARY S&P 500 notches another record high. Close to overbought. Oil takes a hit. Brent down 1.4%. Will see how BPT holds up. Good day yesterday. SQ down in the US. NASDAQ up a touch. Raising stop losses for LNAS and SQ2 slightly. Tesla jumps 6.7% while global lithium stocks fall. Anyone’s guess which direction…

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End of Day Report

ASX 200 fell 4 points today to 7848 as we await Nvidia results in US. Mixed session all round. Banks were slightly higher with ANZ up 1.1% and the Big Bank Basket up to $211.98. MQG rallied 1.3%, with insurers doing well too, QBE up 1.1%. GQG had a good day, up 6.3% on a…

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Pre-market Report

Wall Street ended mostly higher overnight. The Dow retreated from all-time highs, down 197 points (-0.49%) weighed down by losses in JPMorgan -4.5% after CEO Dimon said he was “cautiously pessimistic” and said the company would not buy back its stock at current prices. Up 74 points at best. Down 217 points at worst. S&P…

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