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14/08/2026

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Afternoon report 26/10/2026

The Match Out: ASX rallies hard from the low to close higher as Miners rebound

The ASX staged a sharp intraday recovery, rallying ~85 points from its morning low to finish higher as technology, resources and property shares turned higher. The rebound followed early weakness as the market weighed the risk of higher interest rates against a busy week of Australian inflation data, US earnings and central bank decisions. Materials recovered some ground after last week’s selloff, while the major banks pared their early losses.

Morning report 26/10/2026

Macro Monday: Should we be reweighting our portfolios in earnest?

Relative sector performance is very often cyclical, depending on different factors such as bond yields and global economic growth. It may not feel like it, but the ASX 200 Financials and Materials sectors have delivered comparable gains since COVID, rising ~60% and ~50%, respectively, but they’ve followed very different paths.