Australian Investment Blog

The ASX 200 was deluged by selling in the SPI futures, which pushed the Banking and Health Care Sector (amongst others) down sharply. The index finished down 110 points (1.85%)

As mentioned the Health Sector was sold down again today, with the index finishing down 2.63% to 18,629. Worst to suffer was Ramsey Health Care (RHC) - $1.95 (3.00%), Sonic Health (SHL) – 54c (2.63%) to $20.01 and Ansell (ANN) - $1.33 (4.85%) to $26.10

The Financial Sector was hit hard with ANZ down 66 c (1.86%) to $34.75,CBA down $2.01c (2.17%) to $90.57, National Bank (NAB) down 92c (2.40%) to $37.46 and Westpac (WBC) down 99c (2.58%) to $37.40.

Best Sector – Telecommunication ServicesWorst Sector – Health