While the ASX closed in the red, it was a big turnaround from early weakness with a large sell-off in the banks, headlined by Bendigo (BEN) & supported by Westpac (WBC) weighing on the market early, however, from 1pm onwards the buyers stepped up pushing the main board more than +60 points above the session lows as reporting season continues to deliver a mixed bag, with a positive bias.
The ASX broke through the 8600 mark for the first time and surged in the first hour of trade, hitting a new intra-day all time high of 8615 with concerns over U.S reciprocal tariffs overnight. The market couldn’t hold the high though, dropping 60 points from mid-morning through the afternoon as profit-taking in Commonwealth Bank and a reversal of a strong move in BHP signaled selling and dragged the index back down.
The ASX traded to a new all-time high this morning, printing a new milestone @ 8575, before losing steam, closing 35pts below the high. A bumpier ride today on the reporting front with larger moves on the downside, the Insurance stocks under the pump following IAG’s result while the Iron Ore stocks found some form.
The ASX traded lower in the first hour of trade as sellers initially pushed CBA into the red, it was all one-way traffic from 10.30am onwards as both CBA and the market rallied, the former trading to new all-time highs on slightly better than expected results.
The best of it seen early this morning with the market up ~30pts before tapering off to finish largely flat on the session, weakness in CSL took ~20pts off the index and was the major drag while the other index heavy weights did okay, with Comm Bank (CBA) down a touch ahead of results tomorrow.
The market opened on the back foot early, down ~70pts at the lows before recovering over half of the early decline to finish only ~100pts below the all-time high. Results season now kicks into gear and today is indicative of what we’ll see from now on; i.e. stocks that have run into results will need to deliver for the half and also in terms of guidance.
A mildly softer end to a volatile week for equities that started on Monday with a ~2% decline on tariff concerns before recovering to knock-off on Friday afternoon only mildly lower – not a bad effort.
The bulls came to play today with the influential banks driving a strong session overall, pushing the ASX 200 back up through 8500, just ~50pts below all-time highs. The next catalyst has to be earnings as 1H25 results season kicks into gear. Suppose efficiency benefits put in since COVID dovetail in to a better economic outlook predicated on easing inflation, robust employment, good consumption and likely interest rate cuts.
A better finish for stocks today with the market holding onto the early gains, booking its first positive finish for the week so far. Trade tariffs remain front and centre with China’s move to target US energy providing a catalyst for Australian producers and supporting the broader mining sector as a result.
The ASX rose sharply in early trade, up 67pts at the get go before the rally ran out of steam in the afternoon, void of the backbone provided by the banks, while U.S futures came under pressure late in the session when China announced an investigation into Google for alleged antitrust violations and imposed new tariffs on US products in response to Trump's 10% tariff on goods from Beijing.
The ASX broke through the 8600 mark for the first time and surged in the first hour of trade, hitting a new intra-day all time high of 8615 with concerns over U.S reciprocal tariffs overnight. The market couldn’t hold the high though, dropping 60 points from mid-morning through the afternoon as profit-taking in Commonwealth Bank and a reversal of a strong move in BHP signaled selling and dragged the index back down.
The ASX traded to a new all-time high this morning, printing a new milestone @ 8575, before losing steam, closing 35pts below the high. A bumpier ride today on the reporting front with larger moves on the downside, the Insurance stocks under the pump following IAG’s result while the Iron Ore stocks found some form.
The ASX traded lower in the first hour of trade as sellers initially pushed CBA into the red, it was all one-way traffic from 10.30am onwards as both CBA and the market rallied, the former trading to new all-time highs on slightly better than expected results.
The best of it seen early this morning with the market up ~30pts before tapering off to finish largely flat on the session, weakness in CSL took ~20pts off the index and was the major drag while the other index heavy weights did okay, with Comm Bank (CBA) down a touch ahead of results tomorrow.
The market opened on the back foot early, down ~70pts at the lows before recovering over half of the early decline to finish only ~100pts below the all-time high. Results season now kicks into gear and today is indicative of what we’ll see from now on; i.e. stocks that have run into results will need to deliver for the half and also in terms of guidance.
A mildly softer end to a volatile week for equities that started on Monday with a ~2% decline on tariff concerns before recovering to knock-off on Friday afternoon only mildly lower – not a bad effort.
The bulls came to play today with the influential banks driving a strong session overall, pushing the ASX 200 back up through 8500, just ~50pts below all-time highs. The next catalyst has to be earnings as 1H25 results season kicks into gear. Suppose efficiency benefits put in since COVID dovetail in to a better economic outlook predicated on easing inflation, robust employment, good consumption and likely interest rate cuts.
A better finish for stocks today with the market holding onto the early gains, booking its first positive finish for the week so far. Trade tariffs remain front and centre with China’s move to target US energy providing a catalyst for Australian producers and supporting the broader mining sector as a result.
The ASX rose sharply in early trade, up 67pts at the get go before the rally ran out of steam in the afternoon, void of the backbone provided by the banks, while U.S futures came under pressure late in the session when China announced an investigation into Google for alleged antitrust violations and imposed new tariffs on US products in response to Trump's 10% tariff on goods from Beijing.
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