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29M.AX

-4.03%

4DX.AX

8.88%

ABG.AX

1.99%

ASK.AX

1.44%

AIS.AX

-0.54%

AGL.AX

0.59%

A1M.AX

2.26%

AGI.AX

5.96%

AIZ.AX

-4.23%

AAI.AX

-0.19%

ALK.AX

-1.77%

A4N.AX

4.69%

ALQ.AX

1.86%

AMC.AX

0.37%

AOV.AX

-1.73%

AMP.AX

0.98%

ALD.AX

-0.79%

ASL.AX

0.82%

ANN.AX

-0.25%

ANZ.AX

0.48%

APA.AX

0.52%

ARU.AX

-10.81%

ARB.AX

-2.56%

ARF.AX

-0.77%

ARG.AX

0.34%

ALL.AX

2.06%

AYA.AX

0.83%

APZ.AX

-1.26%

ASX.AX

1.78%

ALX.AX

-0.21%

AUB.AX

0.17%

AIA.AX

AMI.AX

-0.72%

AZJ.AX

1.11%

ABB.AX

-1.13%

ASB.AX

-3.59%

AAC.AX

AFI.AX

-0.3%

AUI.AX

-0.19%

BOQ.AX

BMN.AX

-1.62%

BCI.AX

-1.35%

BPT.AX

1.16%

BGA.AX

0.67%

BGL.AX

-2.09%

BEN.AX

-0.1%

BNZ.AX

2.23%

BHP.AX

0.78%

BKI.AX

BC8.AX

-0.83%

XYZ.AX

-3.4%

BSL.AX

-1%

BMC.AX

-3.25%

BOE.AX

-3.56%

BXB.AX

-0.11%

BVS.AX

-2.21%

BRE.AX

-0.43%

BRG.AX

-1.27%

BGP.AX

BFL.AX

BWP.AX

0.4%

CMM.AX

-1.31%

CSC.AX

0.36%

CAR.AX

-1.71%

CIN.AX

CYL.AX

2.2%

CAT.AX

0.31%

CWP.AX

-1.39%

CNI.AX

2.17%

CIP.AX

-0.68%

COF.AX

0.54%

CHN.AX

-3.56%

CGF.AX

0.22%

CIA.AX

-1.07%

CHI.AX

CHC.AX

-0.21%

CLW.AX

0.44%

CQR.AX

0.81%

CQE.AX

-1.37%

CNU.AX

0.24%

C79.AX

-1.45%

CVL.AX

-1.29%

CU6.AX

0.35%

CWY.AX

-1.35%

CBO.AX

1.59%

COH.AX

-3.06%

CDA.AX

2.88%

COL.AX

-2.72%

CKF.AX

CBA.AX

0.77%

CPU.AX

-0.2%

CEN.AX

-0.24%

CXO.AX

-3.52%

CCP.AX

-0.48%

CMW.AX

1.19%

CSL.AX

-1.38%

CCL.AX

-1.07%

DBI.AX

-0.76%

DTL.AX

1.39%

DTR.AX

-3.49%

DYL.AX

-2.14%

DRR.AX

1.22%

DVP.AX

-2.74%

DXS.AX

0.08%

DXI.AX

0.21%

DDR.AX

-1.26%

DGT.AX

2.42%

DJW.AX

0.72%

DMP.AX

3.02%

DOW.AX

0.53%

DPM.AX

1.3%

DRO.AX

-2.8%

DUR.AX

-1.54%

DNL.AX

1.38%

APE.AX

-0.81%

EBO.AX

-0.53%

EIQ.AX

ELD.AX

-3.1%

EOS.AX

-4.2%

ELV.AX

-6.62%

ELS.AX

EHL.AX

0.48%

EMR.AX

-1.52%

EDV.AX

-1.38%

ERA.AX

EQR.AX

-7.63%

EUR.AX

-1.7%

EVN.AX

-1.12%

EVT.AX

-0.26%

FCL.AX

-0.75%

FFM.AX

1.17%

FPH.AX

-0.89%

FPR.AX

-6.6%

FBU.AX

1.26%

FLT.AX

-0.47%

FML.AX

-5.84%

FRS.AX

1.96%

FMG.AX

1.84%

FRW.AX

-3.67%

FGX.AX

0.76%

FGG.AX

0.15%

GLN.AX

-5.5%

GLF.AX

GDG.AX

-2.28%

GNE.AX

0.25%

GMD.AX

-1.88%

GNP.AX

-0.43%

GMG.AX

0.42%

GPT.AX

GQG.AX

-1.69%

GNG.AX

1.61%

GNC.AX

-13.34%

GGP.AX

-1.01%

GOZ.AX

-0.23%

GCI.AX

0.25%

GYG.AX

-1.42%

GWA.AX

-0.97%

HSN.AX

-0.84%

HVN.AX

-0.46%

HGH.AX

-3.3%

HM1.AX

HLI.AX

-1.22%

HMC.AX

5.3%

HDN.AX

0.62%

HUB.AX

-0.21%

IEL.AX

-2.21%

IGO.AX

-2.77%

ILU.AX

-2.95%

IMD.AX

-1.97%

IMR.AX

2.55%

IFT.AX

INA.AX

-2.11%

ING.AX

-1.55%

IAG.AX

2.04%

IDX.AX

0.23%

INR.AX

IPG.AX

-0.8%

IPX.AX

1.41%

IPH.AX

-1.97%

IRE.AX

-2.15%

JHX.AX

-2.31%

JBH.AX

-0.36%

JDO.AX

0.18%

JMS.AX

-1.72%

KAR.AX

-1.7%

KLS.AX

-1.49%

KCN.AX

-1.6%

KKC.AX

0.98%

GLS.AX

-2.86%

LGF.AX

0.97%

L1G.AX

-0.42%

LSF.AX

-1.35%

LRV.AX

1.25%

LFS.AX

0.55%

LLC.AX

1.47%

LFG.AX

-0.31%

360.AX

-0.8%

LIC.AX

-2.24%

LNW.AX

-0.77%

LIN.AX

-8.33%

LTR.AX

-5.84%

LOV.AX

2.23%

LYL.AX

-2.08%

LYC.AX

-7.51%

MA1.AX

0.77%

MAF.AX

-0.62%

MGH.AX

0.83%

MAH.AX

1.42%

MQG.AX

2.14%

MAQ.AX

0.75%

MAD.AX

0.65%

MFG.AX

-0.12%

MAU.AX

-0.51%

MMS.AX

0.12%

MPL.AX

1.32%

MP1.AX

34.82%

MCY.AX

0.7%

MEZ.AX

-0.83%

MSB.AX

-0.49%

MLX.AX

-3.64%

MTS.AX

-1.18%

MEI.AX

1.22%

MOT.AX

0.58%

MXT.AX

0.52%

MFF.AX

0.21%

MIN.AX

-1.67%

MI6.AX

3.82%

MIR.AX

MGR.AX

-1.02%

MND.AX

0.29%

MYS.AX

-0.89%

NAN.AX

1.2%

NAB.AX

-1.22%

NGI.AX

1.17%

NWL.AX

-0.27%

NEU.AX

1.02%

NHC.AX

-0.99%

NMG.AX

NEM.AX

-1.4%

NWS.AX

0.19%

NXG.AX

-0.56%

NXT.AX

1.19%

NHF.AX

0.77%

NCK.AX

-2.7%

NIC.AX

-0.23%

NEC.AX

NST.AX

-1.85%

NWH.AX

1.9%

NUF.AX

-1.88%

OCL.AX

-1.83%

OML.AX

3.85%

OPH.AX

-0.76%

OBM.AX

1.44%

ORI.AX

2.33%

ORG.AX

-0.04%

ORA.AX

-2.96%

PDN.AX

-3.13%

PNR.AX

-2.67%

PPC.AX

-3.69%

PPM.AX

-1.49%

PRN.AX

-2.73%

PPT.AX

-0.35%

PCI.AX

0.92%

PRU.AX

-0.53%

PXA.AX

3.19%

PNI.AX

0.55%

PL8.AX

0.36%

PLS.AX

-2.72%

PGF.AX

PNV.AX

15.84%

PDI.AX

-2.67%

PMV.AX

-0.56%

PME.AX

-2.58%

PWH.AX

5.99%

PYC.AX

-1.04%

QAN.AX

-0.58%

QBE.AX

0.74%

QAL.AX

-2.48%

QRI.AX

-0.32%

QUB.AX

0.2%

RMS.AX

-2.93%

RHC.AX

-0.63%

REA.AX

-3.7%

RDX.AX

-3.19%

REH.AX

0.79%

RF1.AX

0.84%

RPL.AX

-0.98%

RG1.AX

-0.44%

RGN.AX

0.45%

REG.AX

-0.33%

RRL.AX

-1.75%

RWC.AX

-0.65%

RMD.AX

-0.99%

RSG.AX

0.9%

SGLLV.AX

-0.41%

RIC.AX

RIO.AX

1.28%

RXL.AX

-1.03%

RFF.AX

-0.25%

RYM.AX

-1.64%

SFR.AX

-0.48%

SMI.AX

-3.73%

STO.AX

-0.2%

SCG.AX

-0.55%

SEK.AX

-1.19%

SHV.AX

-0.56%

SRV.AX

-1.94%

SSM.AX

-0.24%

SGH.AX

0.3%

SHA.AX

-1.03%

SIG.AX

SLX.AX

-2.05%

SGM.AX

1.55%

SDR.AX

-0.83%

SKS.AX

-3.64%

SKC.AX

-1.04%

SIQ.AX

-0.9%

SHL.AX

-1.3%

S32.AX

-1.89%

SX2.AX

6.23%

SXE.AX

-1.06%

SPK.AX

-0.46%

SRG.AX

-0.8%

SBM.AX

-5.32%

SMR.AX

-3.6%

SDF.AX

-0.89%

SGP.AX

-0.88%

SNZ.AX

-3.37%

SUN.AX

0.93%

SRL.AX

1.23%

SUL.AX

-2.13%

SLC.AX

-1.43%

SNL.AX

-1.35%

SYL.AX

3.08%

TAH.AX

-1.75%

TEA.AX

-0.67%

TNE.AX

-1.77%

TLX.AX

1.83%

TLS.AX

0.28%

TPW.AX

-3.01%

A2M.AX

-4.19%

TLC.AX

0.85%

SGR.AX

TVN.AX

-0.79%

TWR.AX

TPG.AX

-0.25%

TCL.AX

0.93%

TWE.AX

-2.03%

TUA.AX

-0.43%

TCG.AX

3.95%

USL.AX

-2.41%

VAU.AX

-2.59%

VNT.AX

1.2%

VCX.AX

-0.41%

VGN.AX

-1.04%

VEA.AX

-1.57%

VUL.AX

-1.6%

VSL.AX

0.88%

WA1.AX

0.31%

WGN.AX

WAM.AX

WGB.AX

-0.45%

WLE.AX

-1.12%

SOL.AX

-0.59%

WPR.AX

WQG.AX

-0.54%

WEB.AX

-3.21%

WBT.AX

15%

WES.AX

-0.18%

WAF.AX

-0.45%

WGX.AX

-3.97%

WBC.AX

0.31%

WHF.AX

0.21%

WHC.AX

-2.29%

WIA.AX

WC8.AX

-2.73%

WTN.AX

WTC.AX

-3.61%

WDS.AX

-1.17%

WOW.AX

-1.82%

WOR.AX

1.17%

XRO.AX

-4.72%

YAL.AX

-3.35%

ZIM.AX

-2%

ZIP.AX

-1.64%

POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	144.46	-0.1	-0.07
SSO ASX Small Caps	15.80	-0.09	-0.57
IVV S&P 500	68.53	0.32	0.47
NDQ Nasdaq	60.01	0.58	0.98
F100 FTSE 100	14.59	0.02	0.14
ASIA Asia Tech	20.61	0.11	0.54
IEU Europe	98.30	0.21	0.21
IEM Emerging Markets	93.50	0.09	0.1
Gold Gold	59.22	-0.3	-0.5
ACDC Battery Tech	177.49	-1.1	-0.62

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	4,685.90	-1.5365	-0.03
Silver	87.11	-0.8627	-0.98
Platinum	2,131.70	-5.7041	-0.27
Palladium	1,497.17	-2.5641	-0.17
Ice Brent Crude	105.72	-2.05	-1.9
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.7250	-0.0008	-0.11
Euro	1.1712	0.0002	0.02
British Pound	1.3522	0	0
Canadian Dollar	1.3705	0.0002	0.01
New Zealand Dollar	0.5929	-0.0006	-0.1
Chinese Yuan	6.7866	-0.0042	-0.06
Japanese Yen	157.9200	0.07	0.04

What We're Watching

ASX Resource stocks we own

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
A1M	Aic Mines Ltd	0.68	2.26%	90.00%	0.30 0.75
BGL	Bellevue Gold Ltd	1.64	-2.24%	0.00%	0.78 2.00
BHP	Bhp Group Ltd	62.01	0.8%	56.90%	35.52 62.30
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	22.95	1.91%	35.66%	14.31 23.38
NHC	New Hope Corporation Ltd	4.99	-1.09%	28.57%	3.59 6.14
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	7.67	-2.29%	45.10%	5.30 9.90
NEM	Newmont Cdi	163.87	-1.4%	0.00%	74.25 190.91
NXG	Nexgen Ene Cdi	16.86	-0.33%	0.00%	8.24 20.47
SFR	Sandfire Resources Ltd	19.90	-0.3%	84.64%	10.11 21.75

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
MP1	Megaport	13.28	34.82
PNV	Polynovo	1.17	15.84
WBT	Weebit Nano	5.75	15
4DX	4dmedical	3.68	8.88
SX2	Southern Cro Cdi	10.75	6.23
PWH	Pwr Holdings	9.55	5.99
AGI	Ainsworth Game T	1.60	5.96
HMC	Hmc Capital	2.98	5.3
A4N	Alpha Hpa	0.67	4.69
TCG	Turaco Gold	0.59	3.95

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)	% Chg
GNC	Graincorp	5.39	-13.34
ARU	Arafura Rare Ear	0.33	-10.81
LIN	Lindian Resource	0.69	-8.33
EQR	Eq Resources	0.27	-7.63
LYC	Lynas Rare Earth	18.41	-7.51
ELV	Elevra Lithium	11.85	-6.62
FPR	Fleetpartners Gr	2.69	-6.6
LTR	Liontown	2.42	-5.84
FML	Focus Minerals L	2.18	-5.84
GLN	Galan Lithium	0.47	-5.5

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14/05/2026 09:39

Residential construction – Mirvac (ASX: MGR) v Vicinity Group (ASX: VCX)

The Budget structurally redirected investment toward new residential construction by restricting negative gearing to new builds only, which also reduces the appeal of going “direct” in property, increasing the relative appeal of listed players. Debt taken on to buy listed REITs (or any shares) remains tax deductible. These two important factors we think will have a bearing on relative performance across the property sector.

14/05/2026 09:35

Infrastructure for income

Infrastructure ticks most of the boxes a post-Budget income investor should be looking for, real assets providing essential services, regulated or contracted revenues, built-in inflation linkage, and defensive cash flows that sit in a fundamentally different earnings profile to the cyclical parts of the equity market.

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