The Match Out: China jitters and US Retail sales sink ASX to 4-week low

Weakness across international equity markets bled into the ASX today with shares trading to a 4-week low. The US market struggled following better-than-expected retail sales prints leading to upwards pressure on rates. This compounded concerns around China’s property market and economic growth outlook which has weighed on equity markets across the region in recent weeks, yesterday’s rate cut from the PBOC only providing short-term relief. Reporting season is now well and truly in full swing while CBA went ex-div today adding to the red on the index.

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