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LYC.AX

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MAU.AX

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MEZ.AX

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MSB.AX

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MLX.AX

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MTS.AX

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MEI.AX

-7.5%

MOT.AX

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MXT.AX

0.52%

MFF.AX

-2.02%

MIN.AX

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MI6.AX

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MIR.AX

0.8%

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-1.42%

MYS.AX

0.67%

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NAB.AX

-0.7%

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NWL.AX

-1.25%

NEU.AX

-2.97%

NHC.AX

1.15%

NEM.AX

-4.8%

NWS.AX

-0.36%

NXG.AX

-4.83%

NXT.AX

-1.98%

NHF.AX

0.23%

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NIC.AX

-1.2%

NEC.AX

-1.32%

NST.AX

-4.44%

NWH.AX

-4.86%

NUF.AX

-1.46%

OCL.AX

-0.57%

OML.AX

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OPH.AX

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ORG.AX

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PDN.AX

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PPC.AX

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PE1.AX

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PCI.AX

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PNI.AX

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PL8.AX

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PLS.AX

0.25%

PGF.AX

-0.67%

PNV.AX

-12.76%

PDI.AX

-1.88%

PMV.AX

-1.6%

PME.AX

2.64%

PWH.AX

-3.22%

PYC.AX

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QBE.AX

0.72%

QAL.AX

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QRI.AX

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RMS.AX

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RHC.AX

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TLS.AX

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TUA.AX

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WDS.AX

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WOW.AX

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WOR.AX

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XRO.AX

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YAL.AX

0.6%

ZIM.AX

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ZIP.AX

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POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	142.70	-1.87	-1.29
SSO ASX Small Caps	15.50	-0.3	-1.9
IVV S&P 500	68.83	-0.44	-0.64
NDQ Nasdaq	59.86	-0.3	-0.5
F100 FTSE 100	14.33	-0.16	-1.1
ASIA Asia Tech	19.84	0.1	0.51
IEU Europe	97.17	-1.02	-1.04
IEM Emerging Markets	91.99	-0.5	-0.54
Gold Gold	58.16	-0.15	-0.26
ACDC Battery Tech	169.77	-1.9	-1.11

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	4,530.19	-7.8251	-0.17
Silver	74.85	-1.099	-1.45
Platinum	1,963.07	-10.3842	-0.53
Palladium	1,394.73	-17.7315	-1.26
Ice Brent Crude	109.47	3.75	3.55
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.7124	-0.0024	-0.34
Euro	1.1617	-0.0006	-0.05
British Pound	1.3309	-0.0012	-0.09
Canadian Dollar	1.3756	0.0007	0.05
New Zealand Dollar	0.5832	-0.0006	-0.1
Chinese Yuan	6.8163	0.0071	0.1
Japanese Yen	158.9200	0.2	0.13

What We're Watching

ASX Resource stocks we own

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
A1M	Aic Mines Ltd	0.63	-4.58%	92.65%	0.30 0.75
BGL	Bellevue Gold Ltd	1.51	-5.78%	0.00%	0.78 2.00
BHP	Bhp Group Ltd	58.96	-2.48%	54.27%	35.52 62.72
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	21.99	-2.72%	34.60%	14.31 23.38
NHC	New Hope Corporation Ltd	5.29	1.15%	34.45%	3.59 6.14
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	8.04	0.82%	43.60%	5.30 9.90
NEM	Newmont Cdi	149.98	-4.74%	0.00%	77.39 190.91
NXG	Nexgen Ene Cdi	15.58	-4.77%	0.00%	8.24 20.47
SFR	Sandfire Resources Ltd	18.26	-3.57%	76.75%	10.11 21.75

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
ERA	Energy Resources	0.00	16.67
PE1	Pengana Private	1.90	8.29
LYC	Lynas Rare Earth	18.86	5.07
BRE	Brazilian Rare	5.59	4.68
SSM	Service Stream	2.23	3.97
GNG	Gr Engineering S	5.11	3.02
PME	Pro Medicus	125.34	2.64
VEA	Viva Energy Grp	2.34	2.63
STO	Santos	8.08	2.54
WDS	Woodside Energy	32.05	2.54

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
TUA	Tuas	2.27	-62.79
ELD	Elders	5.58	-22.5
BXB	Brambles	17.83	-19.34
PNV	Polynovo	1.04	-12.76
TCG	Turaco Gold	0.53	-10.17
CYL	Catalyst Metals	5.38	-9.27
BMC	Bmc Minerals Cdi	3.34	-9.24
FFM	Firefly Metals	1.92	-8.13
ELS	Elsight	5.78	-7.6
MEI	Meteoric Resourc	0.19	-7.5

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18/05/2026 09:41

Gold ($US/oz)

The cost of money has a huge influence on gold and this was illustrated perfectly at the back end of last week when global bond yields pushed higher in tandem with the oil price. It’s a simple equation at the moment, in the short term if you believe a Middle East resolution is imminent, buy precious metals&/or related stocks otherwise be patient.

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