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POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	144.35	0	0
SSO ASX Small Caps	17.19	0	0
IVV S&P 500	68.39	0	0
NDQ Nasdaq	55.91	0	0
F100 FTSE 100	15.01	0	0
ASIA Asia Tech	14.03	0	0
IEU Europe	102.28	0	0
IEM Emerging Markets	82.14	0	0
Gold Gold	59.90	0	0
ACDC Battery Tech	137.15	0	0

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	4,337.73	5.84	0.13
Silver	67.14	1.7122	2.62
Platinum	1,971.65	55.85	2.92
Palladium	1,713.69	18.0592	1.07
Ice Brent Crude	60.55	0.73	1.22
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.6607	-0.0003	-0.05
Euro	1.1715	0.0007	0.06
British Pound	1.3375	-0.0003	-0.02
Canadian Dollar	1.3795	-0.0006	-0.04
New Zealand Dollar	0.5748	-0.0006	-0.1
Chinese Yuan	7.0408	-0.0003	0
Japanese Yen	157.7000	-0.05	-0.03

What We're Watching

10 Stocks We like Here & Now

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
DBI	Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd	5.02	0%	43.84%	3.39 5.02
DDR	Dicker Data Ltd	10.23	0%	22.96%	7.58 10.94
GQG	Gqg Partners Inc	1.80	0%	0.00%	1.43 2.61
HUB	Hub24 Ltd	95.81	0%	37.90%	48.84 122.03
JHX	James Hardie Ind	30.12	0%	-40.98%	24.41 55.18
MGR	Mirvac Group	2.07	0%	7.81%	1.81 2.46
NSR	National Storage Reit	2.79	0%	17.72%	2.05 2.81
PDN	Paladin Energy Ltd	9.09	0%	16.39%	3.93 9.95
WTC	Wisetech Global Ltd	70.18	0%	-41.15%	61.49 130.50
XRO	Xero Ltd	115.64	0%	-30.45%	108.20 196.52

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
29M	29metals	0.50
4DX	4dmedical	3.51
ABG	Abacus Group Unt	1.21
ASK	Abacus Storage K	1.55
AX1	Accent Group	0.93
AIS	Aeris Resources	0.54
AGL	Agl Energy	9.35
AIZ	Air New Zealand	0.50
AAI	Alcoa Corpor Cdi	72.80
ALK	Alkane Resources	1.22

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
ZIP	Zip Co	3.11
ZIM	Zimplats Holding	20.40
YAL	Yancoal Australi	5.01
XRO	Xero	115.64
WOR	Worley	12.57
WOW	Woolworths Group	29.32
WDS	Woodside Energy	22.80
WTC	Wisetech Global	70.18
WIA	Wia Gold	0.48
WHC	Whitehaven Coal	7.82

OPINION

Latest Market Matters Opinions

20/12/2025 09:07

First Up

The ASX 200 ended the week down -0.9%, leaving December up just +0.1% with the quiet Christmas period ahead. However, with the market set to open strongly on Monday morning, a Santa Rally could be set to arrive, albeit extremely late. Remember, the average gain for a December over the last 10 and 20 years is 1.0% and +1.2% respectively, still comfortably attainable by the local market from today’s position.

19/12/2025 16:21

What Mattered Today

The ASX pushed higher on Friday, supported by a rebound in technology stocks and strength across the banks, following softer-than-expected US inflation data that reignited expectations for further Federal Reserve rate cuts. Despite today’s gains, the market is still tracking its first weekly decline in four weeks.

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Question asked 20/12/2025

Broadcom Inc (AVGO US) and Nvidia Corp (NVDA US)

Can I please have you opinions on Broadcom and Nvidia. I don’t own either currently but would probably look to add one after the recent pullback. Merry Christmas to James and team.

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Thoughts on Xero Ltd (XRO)

XRO has been in downtrend since mid June. Do you still remain bullish despite the trend having not been our friend for 6 months? Kevin W

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