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The Match Out: ASX pares losses as softer jobs data lifts rate hopes

Local shares finished marginally lower as a defensive rotation into consumer staples and financials offset a sharp sell-off in miners, technology and data centre stocks, with softer domestic employment data providing some relief on interest rate expectations after hotter-than-expected US inflation reignited rate concerns overnight.

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Morning report

What Matters Today: Glencore (ASX: GLC) debut on the ASX – what may come next?

The ASX 200 was hit -0.6% on Wednesday for no obvious reason, with renewed selling in the banks the main weight, with the financials accounting for more than 70% of the index's decline. However, weakness was broad-based, with over 70% of the main board closing lower, and the miners adding to the market's woes, which unfortunately look set to extend today.

Afternoon report

The Match Out: ASX treads water as global chip rout hits growth stocks

A mixed session on the ASX today, with the index recovering from intraday losses to finish almost unchanged. Defensive sectors, energy and banks provided some support, but a sharp global semiconductor sell-off weighed heavily on Technology, while Materials and lithium stocks also came under pressure.

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Morning report

What Matters Today: How should we value AI Infrastructure stocks after the Firmus debacle?

The ASX 200 big guns started firing on Monday in a rare session of solidarity between the banks and heavyweight miners, the financials and materials combined to add 79-points to the ASX 200, which only closed up 66-points on the day! For a 0.8% gain it was unusual to see almost 50% of the main board close lower, such was the dominance of the likes of BHP (+2.5%) and Westpac (+2.7%).

Morning report

Macro Monday: Reasons to be bullish – part 3

Shawn reckons the current market reminds him of an old 1980’s song – Reasons to be Cheerful – part 3 (here), hence the title of today’s note – certainly showing his age! Despite the ongoing unsettling news across the newswires, we remain positive on equities here, and today we’ll outline some of the reasons that underpin that view.

Weekend report

Weekend Q&A: Sector rotation is telling us bond yields may have reached their nadir

The ASX 200 finished a choppy week up +0.4% with the rate sensitive utilities (+3.6%), real estate (3.6%), healthcare (+3.5%) and consumer discretionary (2.4%) sectors leading the markets gains. Action on the index level was relatively quiet, however, it was anything but on the stock front with 10 stocks falling by more than 10%, for an average decline of mare than 16% while only two stocks rewarded investors with double digit gains - it felt like fund managers were actively tweaking their portfolios as we enter the December quarter.

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Local shares finished marginally lower as a defensive rotation into consumer staples and financials offset a sharp sell-off in miners, technology and data centre stocks, with softer domestic employment data providing some relief on interest rate expectations after hotter-than-expected US inflation reignited rate concerns overnight.

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