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4DX.AX

-4.1%

ABG.AX

1.94%

AIS.AX

-2.53%

AGL.AX

0.49%

A1M.AX

-15.03%

AIZ.AX

-0.7%

AAI.AX

-1.4%

ALK.AX

0.18%

A4N.AX

-3.04%

ALQ.AX

-2.56%

AMC.AX

1.25%

AOV.AX

0.46%

AMP.AX

5.92%

ALD.AX

-0.39%

ANN.AX

0.39%

ANZ.AX

0.51%

APA.AX

0.95%

ARU.AX

-3.41%

ARB.AX

2.2%

ARF.AX

0.76%

ARG.AX

-0.33%

ALL.AX

0.93%

AYA.AX

-3.09%

APZ.AX

-0.6%

ASX.AX

1.28%

ALX.AX

0.59%

AUB.AX

0.22%

AIA.AX

-0.98%

AXQ.AX

-8.18%

AZJ.AX

-0.12%

ABB.AX

-3.16%

ASB.AX

-0.28%

AAC.AX

0.94%

AEF.AX

5.02%

AFI.AX

-0.43%

AUI.AX

0.18%

BOQ.AX

0.71%

BMN.AX

-0.43%

BCI.AX

-1.85%

BPT.AX

-0.28%

BGA.AX

0.85%

BGL.AX

-1.95%

BEN.AX

-0.28%

BNZ.AX

7.64%

BHP.AX

-2.26%

BKI.AX

BC8.AX

-1.11%

XYZ.AX

-1.59%

BSL.AX

-0.12%

BOE.AX

-0.95%

BXB.AX

0.35%

BVS.AX

2.16%

BRE.AX

-2.21%

BRG.AX

1.13%

BGP.AX

BFL.AX

BWP.AX

CMM.AX

-1.65%

CSC.AX

-3.91%

CAR.AX

1.69%

CIN.AX

-0.57%

CYL.AX

-2.44%

CAT.AX

1.55%

CWP.AX

1.08%

CNI.AX

-1.16%

CIP.AX

0.84%

COF.AX

1.14%

CGF.AX

-0.19%

CIA.AX

1.12%

CHI.AX

CHC.AX

0.55%

CLW.AX

0.55%

CQR.AX

0.39%

CQE.AX

0.96%

CNU.AX

0.63%

C79.AX

-1.65%

CVL.AX

-3.58%

CU6.AX

-2.24%

CWY.AX

-0.21%

CUV.AX

1.35%

CBO.AX

-1.17%

COH.AX

-0.56%

CDA.AX

-1.68%

COL.AX

-0.97%

CKF.AX

1.66%

CBA.AX

0.51%

CPU.AX

1.21%

CEN.AX

1.19%

CXO.AX

1.92%

CCP.AX

2.95%

CMW.AX

-0.59%

CSL.AX

1.13%

CCL.AX

0.2%

DBI.AX

-0.95%

DTL.AX

-0.21%

DTR.AX

-9.38%

DYL.AX

-2.4%

DRR.AX

0.23%

DVP.AX

-2%

DXS.AX

0.09%

DXI.AX

1.23%

DDR.AX

-0.38%

DGT.AX

DJW.AX

0.68%

DMP.AX

2.74%

DOW.AX

DPM.AX

-1.91%

DRO.AX

-2.32%

DUR.AX

-0.44%

DNL.AX

-1.2%

APE.AX

2.12%

EBO.AX

1.71%

EIQ.AX

0.96%

ELD.AX

0.54%

EOS.AX

-5.93%

ELV.AX

-4.59%

ELS.AX

-4.3%

EHL.AX

0.51%

EMR.AX

-0.86%

EDV.AX

1.32%

ERA.AX

EQR.AX

-5.66%

EUR.AX

-2.24%

EVN.AX

-2.29%

EVT.AX

2.02%

FDC.AX

-0.58%

FCL.AX

-0.5%

FFM.AX

-2.45%

FPH.AX

1.25%

FPR.AX

0.69%

FBU.AX

1.82%

FLT.AX

0.57%

FRS.AX

2.53%

FMG.AX

-1.39%

FRW.AX

-2.86%

FGX.AX

0.37%

FGG.AX

-0.29%

GLF.AX

0.8%

GDG.AX

-2.37%

GNE.AX

-1.38%

GMD.AX

1.69%

GNP.AX

-0.95%

GMG.AX

-0.5%

GPT.AX

0.94%

GQG.AX

0.55%

GNG.AX

-1.28%

GNC.AX

1.22%

GGP.AX

-0.05%

GOZ.AX

GCI.AX

-0.48%

GYG.AX

-0.19%

GWA.AX

1.28%

HSN.AX

-0.24%

HVN.AX

1.06%

HGH.AX

-0.98%

HM1.AX

-0.34%

HLI.AX

0.92%

HMC.AX

1.75%

HDN.AX

0.6%

HUB.AX

0.34%

IEL.AX

0.22%

IGO.AX

-2.71%

ILU.AX

-1.55%

IMD.AX

-1.97%

IMR.AX

-1.35%

IFT.AX

0.08%

INA.AX

1.08%

ING.AX

-0.7%

IAG.AX

0.48%

IDX.AX

1.43%

IPG.AX

-1.19%

IPX.AX

-3.69%

IPH.AX

0.61%

IRE.AX

2.67%

JHX.AX

0.52%

JBH.AX

1.55%

JDO.AX

1.08%

JMS.AX

KAR.AX

-0.17%

KLS.AX

KCN.AX

-3.19%

KKC.AX

0.24%

GLS.AX

-2.42%

LGF.AX

L1G.AX

0.66%

LSF.AX

-0.88%

LRV.AX

-5.1%

LFS.AX

LLC.AX

2.38%

LFG.AX

0.61%

360.AX

6.1%

LIC.AX

2.88%

LNW.AX

0.98%

LIN.AX

-0.97%

LTR.AX

-5.4%

LOV.AX

3.77%

LYL.AX

-1.73%

LYC.AX

-1.76%

MA1.AX

-0.25%

MAF.AX

0.31%

MGH.AX

1.05%

MAH.AX

-2.41%

MQG.AX

-0.21%

MAQ.AX

0.95%

MAD.AX

0.39%

MFG.AX

0.51%

MMS.AX

0.56%

MPL.AX

-0.1%

MP1.AX

-2.01%

MCY.AX

5.14%

MEZ.AX

0.87%

MSB.AX

4.83%

MLX.AX

0.89%

MTS.AX

0.17%

MOT.AX

0.61%

MXT.AX

0.65%

MFF.AX

-0.1%

MIN.AX

-4.28%

MI6.AX

-2.8%

MIR.AX

3.52%

MGR.AX

0.15%

MND.AX

0.69%

MYS.AX

1.89%

NAN.AX

0.62%

NAB.AX

0.79%

NGI.AX

2.07%

NWL.AX

0.86%

NEU.AX

-0.94%

NHC.AX

-1.32%

NEM.AX

-0.84%

NWS.AX

1.69%

NXG.AX

-2.53%

NXT.AX

-1.59%

NHF.AX

0.34%

NCK.AX

1.89%

NIC.AX

-0.57%

NEC.AX

1.81%

NST.AX

-1.1%

NWH.AX

-0.85%

NUF.AX

-1.76%

OCL.AX

4.04%

OML.AX

-0.97%

OPH.AX

OBM.AX

-1.61%

ORI.AX

-1.42%

ORG.AX

-0.86%

ORA.AX

1.25%

PDN.AX

-0.64%

PNR.AX

0.25%

PPC.AX

1.43%

PPM.AX

-0.31%

PRN.AX

-1.61%

PPT.AX

0.63%

PCI.AX

0.46%

PRU.AX

-0.31%

PXA.AX

3.09%

PNI.AX

1.89%

PL8.AX

2.14%

PLS.AX

-4.53%

PGF.AX

1.23%

PNV.AX

PDI.AX

-4.96%

PMV.AX

2.43%

PME.AX

0.45%

PWH.AX

1.57%

PYC.AX

2.17%

QAN.AX

0.39%

QBE.AX

-1.03%

QAL.AX

0.31%

QRI.AX

0.32%

RMS.AX

RHC.AX

-1.99%

REA.AX

5.55%

RDX.AX

1.62%

REH.AX

2.75%

RF1.AX

RPL.AX

0.63%

RG1.AX

0.4%

RGN.AX

0.64%

REG.AX

2.2%

RRL.AX

-1.12%

RWC.AX

0.81%

RMD.AX

1.98%

RSG.AX

-0.27%

SGLLV.AX

-0.59%

RIC.AX

-0.36%

RIO.AX

-1.11%

RXL.AX

3.85%

RFF.AX

1.83%

RYM.AX

SFR.AX

-1.79%

STO.AX

-0.98%

SCG.AX

0.64%

SEK.AX

1.99%

SHV.AX

-0.25%

SRV.AX

-0.16%

SSM.AX

-1.18%

SGH.AX

-0.21%

SHA.AX

0.16%

SIG.AX

0.17%

SLX.AX

-3.07%

SGM.AX

-1.64%

SDR.AX

-0.96%

SKS.AX

4.23%

SIQ.AX

-0.73%

SHL.AX

0.84%

S32.AX

-0.99%

SX2.AX

-2.38%

SXE.AX

-1.67%

SPK.AX

0.81%

SRG.AX

0.14%

SBM.AX

-2.25%

SMR.AX

1.1%

SDF.AX

0.86%

SGP.AX

0.88%

SKG.AX

1.98%

SNZ.AX

-1.41%

SUN.AX

0.64%

SRL.AX

2.14%

SUL.AX

1.47%

SLC.AX

-0.32%

SNL.AX

2.62%

SYL.AX

-1.43%

TAH.AX

3.18%

TEA.AX

-0.64%

TNE.AX

0.17%

TLX.AX

-2.25%

TLS.AX

0.41%

TPW.AX

1.33%

A2M.AX

0.79%

TLC.AX

0.9%

SGR.AX

9.52%

TVN.AX

3.13%

THL.AX

-0.83%

TWR.AX

2.6%

TPG.AX

-0.28%

TCL.AX

-0.28%

TWE.AX

2.03%

TUA.AX

-0.44%

TCG.AX

-0.95%

TRA.AX

UNI.AX

4.54%

VAU.AX

1.84%

VNT.AX

1.19%

VCX.AX

0.78%

VGN.AX

VEA.AX

-1.93%

VUL.AX

-2.81%

VSL.AX

2.2%

VYS.AX

-1.55%

WA1.AX

-2.66%

WGN.AX

0.24%

WAM.AX

0.96%

WGB.AX

WLE.AX

1.1%

SOL.AX

1.95%

WPR.AX

-0.41%

WQG.AX

WEB.AX

-1.59%

WBT.AX

-2.01%

WES.AX

0.61%

WAF.AX

WGX.AX

-0.75%

WBC.AX

0.03%

WHF.AX

-0.21%

WHC.AX

-2.51%

WIA.AX

-1.74%

WC8.AX

-5.75%

WTN.AX

WTC.AX

3.53%

WDS.AX

-1.94%

WOW.AX

-0.19%

WOR.AX

0.14%

XRO.AX

2.09%

YAL.AX

-1.09%

ZIM.AX

0.76%

ZIP.AX

-2.19%

POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	147.18	-0.12	-0.08
SSO ASX Small Caps	14.39	0	0
IVV S&P 500	72.01	0.02	0.03
NDQ Nasdaq	61.33	-0.76	-1.22
F100 FTSE 100	15.09	0.1	0.67
ASIA Asia Tech	20.59	-0.53	-2.51
IEU Europe	98.16	0.47	0.48
IEM Emerging Markets	94.35	-1.65	-1.72
Gold Gold	52.75	0	0
ACDC Battery Tech	131.64	-1.17	-0.88

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	4,032.99	-27.415	-0.68
Silver	57.12	-0.6522	-1.13
Platinum	1,665.07	-9.0937	-0.54
Palladium	1,309.41	-4.7625	-0.36
Ice Brent Crude	85.06	0.33	0.39
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.6999	-0.0007	-0.1
Euro	1.1466	0.0005	0.04
British Pound	1.3535	-0.0004	-0.03
Canadian Dollar	1.4046	0.0005	0.04
New Zealand Dollar	0.5849	0.0002	0.03
Chinese Yuan	6.7659	-0.0023	-0.03
Japanese Yen	162.0400	-0.14	-0.09

What We're Watching

ASX Resource stocks we own

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
A1M	Aic Mines Ltd	0.69	-15.03%	154.69%	0.30 0.85
BGL	Bellevue Gold Ltd	1.26	-1.75%	0.00%	0.78 2.00
BHP	Bhp Group Ltd	59.17	-2.3%	53.74%	39.06 65.98
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	18.82	-1.36%	13.71%	16.82 23.38
NHC	New Hope Corporation Ltd	5.25	-1.22%	30.15%	3.77 6.17
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	7.57	-2.51%	27.21%	5.94 9.90
NEM	Newmont Cdi	134.96	-0.84%	0.00%	88.58 190.91
NXG	Nexgen Ene Cdi	13.14	-2.38%	0.00%	9.98 20.47
SFR	Sandfire Resources Ltd	18.67	-1.84%	72.28%	10.11 21.75

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
SGR	The Star Enterta	0.12	9.52
BNZ	Benz Mining-cdi	2.61	7.64
360	Life360 Inc.	26.79	6.1
AMP	Amp	1.83	5.92
REA	Rea Group Ltd	157.13	5.55
MCY	Mercury Nz	5.73	5.14
AEF	Australian Ethic	4.60	5.02
MSB	Mesoblast	2.72	4.83
UNI	Universal Store	7.60	4.54
SKS	Sks Technologies	9.36	4.23

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
A1M	Aic Mines	0.69	-15.03
DTR	Dateline Resourc	0.15	-9.38
AXQ	Aura Consolidate	5.05	-8.18
EOS	Electro Optic Sy	7.77	-5.93
WC8	Wildcat Resource	0.41	-5.75
EQR	Eq Resources	0.25	-5.66
LTR	Liontown	1.36	-5.4
LRV	Larvotto Resourc	1.16	-5.1
PDI	Predictive Disco	0.62	-4.96
ELV	Elevra Lithium	8.83	-4.59

OPINION

Latest Market Matters Opinions

16/07/2026 09:16

First Up

The ASX 200 eked out a 0.4% gain on Wednesday, despite fewer than half of the stocks on the main board finishing higher. As we keep saying, the index is awfully comfortable trading around 8800. In a well-timed performance for today’s report, the miners led the market's advance, with BHP Group (BHP) effectively delivering the index's entire gain, but a lack of broad-based buying reined in the market's gain. However, it was a disappointing performance overall, with the local market failing to embrace the soft US CPI (inflation print) or strong start to earnings season.

16/07/2026 09:14

US Russell 2000 (small cap) Index

Investors took comfort from comments by New York Fed President John Williams, who said there were "encouraging reasons" to expect inflation has peaked and should gradually moderate in the quarters ahead. The rate-sensitive small caps reacted accordingly, closing up +0.4%, back within striking distance of its all-time high.

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GEAR – rising to the challenge.

The stock market's long term trend is relentlessly rising, looking at any time frame larger than 1 year the ASX rises... given this, would we not all be best just to buy GEAR and forget everything else? Why stock pick when you can get 250% leverage on a long term ever rising market? I would love to see a chart that overlays the GEAR stock price against the longer term performance of a 'typical' (MM?) growth or other actively managed portfolio. Alain

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Still on this commodity super cycle - the emperor with no clothes. Someone described the cycle like a clock, with 6 o'clock being the bottom of the cycle and 12 o'clock being the peak, and suggesting that we are currently at about 7 o'clock. So, why are we screaming towards 5 o'clock?

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