I’ve never seen a close like it – ASX stages massive turnaround
WHAT MATTERED TODAY
A tough week ends on a more positive note with the market rallying hard from the morning lows today to end more than 4% higher. Some incredible turnarounds today, particularly in the banking space following RBA intervention – more on this below. I’ve never seen a market match like it did today, it finished 4pm at 5383 and in 10 mins was pushed +156pts to a 5539 close, incredibly aggressive buying in a short window, although there’s been a few moments that have surprised this week. Today’s move was a staggering +13.67% bounce for the cash market off the lows while SPI Futures were up more being nearer +17% off the 4810 low this morning.
News this afternoon that the RBA is pumping $8.8 billion into short-term commercial bank funding to ease a squeeze in global credit markets was taken very well, particularly by the banks. This injection into what’s known as the ‘repo’ market effectively provides short term loans to commercial banks in return for collateral under what’s called repurchase agreements. We’ve written about these before with a focus on the US market, and in particular how the US had pulled back on these in recent times. By improving liquidity as the RBA did today it goes a long way to supporting banks which are the lifeblood of the market / economy. We also saw the Bank of Japan stimulate today while we’re getting more talk coming from Europe...coordinated global stimulus is getting closer.
Clearly, it seems volatility will persist however this is a positive step, and buying this afternoon was aggressive, on decent volume and shows an underlying demand for equities when available liquidity is in the system.
At a sector level today, healthcare stocks had an impressive time, CSL and Cochlear rallied hard from their morning lows – the sector closed up +10% e.g. CSL had a $256.09 low today before closing at $313.83 – unbelievable, we paid $57.57 for CBA this morning and it closed at $66.36…that’s not a normal market.
Anyway, the week comes to a close, there is a virus hanging over the country (although Canada claims to have found a cure ) and while our (my) world is mostly consumed by numbers on screens, generally red ones this week, its always important to remember that health remains the no 1 priority. Have a good / safe weekend all, go the Sea Eagles and look out for the Weekend Report on Sunday where we asses things with a cooler head.
Overall, the ASX 200 closed up +234pts or +4.42% today to 5539. Dow Futures are trading down +766pts/+3.60%.
ASX 200 Chart
ASX 200 Chart
CATCHING MY EYE;
Sectors this week: While we were positive today, the week still ended down 10%, a long way to go.
Stocks this week: Costa Group (CGC), very resilient.
BROKER MOVES;
· Atlas Arteria Raised to Outperform at Macquarie; PT A$8.14
· Flight Centre Cut to Underperform at Macquarie; PT A$17.95
· Orocobre Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan; PT A$2.60
· Mineral Resources Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT A$16
· Iluka Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT A$10.30
· IGO Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT A$5.40
· Regis Resources Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT A$4.40
· Bendigo & Adelaide Raised to Neutral at UBS; PT A$6.50
· NAB Raised to Neutral at UBS; PT A$19
· CBA Raised to Neutral at UBS; PT A$65
· ANZ Bank Raised to Buy at UBS; PT A$21
· Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Raised to Outperform at Macquarie
· Coca-Cola Amatil Raised to Outperform at Macquarie; PT A$13.60
· Xero Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse; PT A$80
· Santos Raised to Add at Morgans Financial Limited; PT A$7.97
· Stockland Raised to Hold at Morningstar
· Lendlease Group Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· CBA Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· IGO Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Brambles Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Macquarie Group Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Magellan Financial Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Iress Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Growthpoint Raised to Hold at Morningstar
· Premier Investments Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Sonic Healthcare Raised to Hold at Morningstar
· Super Retail Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Healius Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· AGL Energy Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· REA Group Raised to Hold at Morningstar
· QBE Insurance Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Transurban Raised to Hold at Morningstar
· Atlas Arteria Raised to Hold at Morningstar
· Bingo Industries Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· National Storage REIT Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· APA Group Raised to Hold at Morningstar
· Medibank Private Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Domain Holdings Raised to Buy at Morningstar
· Coles Group Raised to Neutral at Evans & Partners Pty Ltd
· CSL Raised to Buy at Citi; PT A$32
· nib Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT A$4.64
· APA Group Raised to Add at Morgans Financial Limited
OUR CALLS
We switched from NAB into CBA & Pendal (PDL) into Magellan (MFG) today
Major Movers Today
Have a great Weekend all
James, Harry & the Market Matters Team
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