TAG: Australian Securities Exchange

ASX 200 afternoon report: 20 February 2024

The ASX 200 trades 10 points (-0.13%) lower at 7655 at 3.15pm AEDT. With US markets closed overnight for the Presidents' Day holiday, the ASX 200 was left to its own devices today, taking its lead from earnings reports and a hawkish set of RBA meeting min...

7 months ago

ASX 200 afternoon report: 2 April 2024

The ASX 200 trades 22 points (-0.28%) lower at 7874 at 3.20pm AEDT. The ASX 200 has reversed lower this afternoon, retreating from the fresh record high of 7910.5, it struck this morning after trading resumed from the Easter mini break. Headwinds from Wa...

6 months ago

ASX 200 afternoon report: 9 April 2024

The ASX 200 trades 40 points (+0.52%) higher at 7829 at 3.20pm AEDT. Over the first quarter of 2024, iron ore plummeted by approximately 28%, from nearly $144 per ton to $100 per ton. This placed a heavy burden on the major miner stocks. However, it also...

6 months ago

ASX 200 afternoon report: 16 April 2024

The ASX 200 trades 141 points (-1.82%) lower at 7611 at 3.00pm AEST. ASX 200 has experienced a significant downturn, mirroring the intensity of the sell-off witnessed in March 2023 when the eagerly awaited China reopening trade abruptly failed. During tha...

6 months ago

ASX 200 afternoon report: 17 April 2024

The ASX 200 trades 4 points (0.06%) higher at 7616 at 3.00pm AEST. A bruised and battered ASX 200 is on track to limp over the finishing line in positive territory today, snapping its four-day losing streak. The four-day sell-off, which at yesterday's low...

5 months ago

ASX 200 afternoon report: 23 April 2024

The ASX 200 trades 33 points (0.45%) higher at 7,683 at 2:00pm AEST. ASX 200's volatile journey The ASX 200 has extended its spirited fightback into a second session this week after a wrecking ball ripped through the local market last week. At Friday's lo...

5 months ago

Asia Day Ahead: Nikkei bounces, ASX finds support from 200-day MA

Asia Open The Asian session looks set for a recovery from Monday’s carnage, with Nikkei +9.40%, ASX +0.03% and KOSPI +4.32%. Higher-than-expected US services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) may offer some calm amid hard landing jitters, with the data pro...

2 months ago

ASX 200 plummets as Wall Street losses and weak AU GDP hint at RBA rate cuts

The ASX 200 trades 151 points (-1.87%) lower at 7951 at 1.00pm AEST. Wall Street declines overshadow soft GDP growth Despite another quarter of sluggish economic growth suggesting that Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate cuts might be on the hor...

1 month ago

Asia Day Ahead: Countdown to FOMC meeting

Asia Open The Asian session looks set to tread water in today’s session, with Nikkei -0.10%, ASX +0.11% and NZX -0.70% at the time of writing. The major risk event ahead with the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting will likely drive some...

4 weeks ago