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POPULAR ETFs	Close($)	+/-	%
A200 ASX 200	149.38	0	0
SSO ASX Small Caps	16.14	0	0
IVV S&P 500	65.45	0	0
NDQ Nasdaq	54.13	0	0
F100 FTSE 100	15.08	0	0
ASIA Asia Tech	16.60	0	0
IEU Europe	99.84	0	0
IEM Emerging Markets	87.69	0	0
Gold Gold	61.25	0	0
ACDC Battery Tech	164.37	0	0

COMMODITIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Gold	4,790.59	-37.7103	-0.78
Silver	79.68	-1.1076	-1.37
Platinum	2,079.38	-23.9011	-1.14
Palladium	1,541.25	-17.7604	-1.14
Ice Brent Crude	92.42	-6.97	-7.01
CURRENCIES	Close($)	-/+	%
Australian Dollar	0.7133	-0.0033	-0.46
Euro	1.1731	-0.003	-0.26
British Pound	1.3480	-0.0034	-0.25
Canadian Dollar	1.3707	0.0014	0.1
New Zealand Dollar	0.5858	-0.0025	-0.42
Chinese Yuan	6.8169	-0.0039	-0.06
Japanese Yen	158.9800	0.4	0.25

What We're Watching

ASX Resource stocks we own

Code	Company	Price($)	Today	1 Year Return	52 Week Range($)
A1M	Aic Mines Ltd	0.62	0%	78.26%	0.30 0.75
BGL	Bellevue Gold Ltd	1.71	0%	0.00%	0.78 2.00
BHP	Bhp Group Ltd	55.92	0%	53.29%	35.52 59.39
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	21.23	0%	40.69%	14.31 23.38
NHC	New Hope Corporation Ltd	5.28	0%	45.86%	3.54 6.14
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	8.00	0%	64.95%	4.70 9.90
NEM	Newmont Cdi	156.34	0%	0.00%	74.25 190.91
NXG	Nexgen Ene Cdi	17.57	0%	0.00%	7.03 20.47
SFR	Sandfire Resources Ltd	18.22	0%	87.84%	9.41 21.75

10 Top Gainers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
4DX	4dmedical	5.84
ABG	Abacus Group Unt	1.00
ASK	Abacus Storage K	1.41
A1G	African Gold Ltd	1.02
AGL	Agl Energy	9.50
AIZ	Air New Zealand	0.37
AAI	Alcoa Corpor Cdi	96.49
ALK	Alkane Resources	1.81
A4N	Alpha Hpa	0.67
ALQ	Als	22.14

10 Biggest Fallers | <$500m

Code	Company	Last($)
ZIP	Zip Co	2.33
ZIM	Zimplats Holding	18.71
YAL	Yancoal Australi	6.73
XRO	Xero	81.98
WOR	Worley	11.82
WOW	Woolworths Group	36.79
WDS	Woodside Energy	32.73
WTC	Wisetech Global	46.18
WC8	Wildcat Resource	0.47
WIA	Wia Gold	0.49

OPINION

Latest Market Matters Opinions

18/04/2026 09:56

First Up

The ASX200 finished the week down -0.2%, snapping a 3-week winning streak as it failed to embrace the strength across global indices. A +13% surge by the tech sector wasn't enough to offset losses by the influential banks, with the financial sector ending the week down -2.1%. Westpac set the tone early in the week, flagging that interest-rate volatility tied to the Iran conflict had hit its market’s income and prompted higher credit provisions. While not unexpected given rising rates, cost-of-living pressures and higher fuel prices, the update reinforced a cautious “if in doubt, get out” stance from investors ahead of May results from ANZ, NAB and Westpac.

17/04/2026 16:53

Broker Moves

• Boss Energy Raised to Hold at Ord Minnett; PT A$1.50 • Fletcher Building Raised to Outperform at Forsyth Barr • 29Metals Cut to Hold at Morgans Financial Limited • Sigma Healthcare Raised to Outperform at Macquarie; PT A$3.10 • Fletcher Building Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan; PT NZ$2.80 • Wesfarmers Cut to Sell at Citi; PT A$69 • Metcash Cut to Sell at Citi; PT A$2.80 • Harvey Norman Cut to Sell at Citi; PT A$4.20 • Abacus Storage King Raised to Buy at Shaw and Partners • Ora Banda Mining Cut to Neutral at UBS; PT A$1.50 • Cyprium Metals Reinstated Speculative Buy at Euroz • South32 Raised to Buy at SBG Securities; PT A$5.54 • ECHOiQ Rated New Speculative Buy at Morgans Financial Limited

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