The ASX saw the best of it early on Monday morning, initially rallying ~0.6%, looking to recover some of last week’s losses. Banks, miners and energy sectors supported the index before traders faded the strength throughout the rest of the session. The ASX200 settled at its lowest close since late March with the only shining light being the Tech sector.
The local market fell to levels not seen in 3 months today on the back of a swift turn higher in bond yields The local 10-year yield was up 15bps/~3.5% early on in the session, settling at 4.255% driving a shift away from risky assets. There was little appetite to add exposure on a Friday either, resigning the market to a ~200pt drop over the last 3 sessions. All sectors closed lower while the ASX200 closed down 2.24% for the week.
A tough day for the Aussie market with broad-based selling knocking shares sharply low – the higher beta parts of the market felt the brunt of the risk-off attitude while the IT stocks were the only ones to finish up on the day - WiseTech (WT) +0.98% only knows one way!
A weaker session for the ASX, and with no lead from the US we were left to key off marginally softer European markets while Asian stocks also tracked lower during our time zone. Banks lost some of yesterday’s gains while property stocks also fell.
A positive open for stocks before the index tracked lower ahead of the RBA decision on interest rates at 2.30 pm - no change to rates - the market rallied, particularly the financials and property stocks buoyed by some respite to cost of living pressures. About half of the professional forecasters had expected a hike, while interest rate futures were pricing a ~20% probability of a 0.25% move.
The first session of FY24 was a positive one for local stocks with the market grinding consistently higher throughout the day to close on session highs. There seemed to be an overarching trend today that saw some of the ‘FY23 dogs’ attract buying with the discretionary retailers the most obvious example at a sector level – perhaps confidence is growing around a ‘soft landing’ as inflation cools and central banks look to a least pause on rates.
A quiet session to wrap up FY23, a year where central banks have hiked interest rates at an unprecedented speed taking them to fresh 11-year highs, the US experienced a Banking Crisis, China’s economy was buffeted from aggressive COVID lockdowns and war was waged on Ukraine, to name just a few of the headwinds for equities. The fact the market in price terms has risen more than 10% is just another example of why we, as investors, need to keep an open mind and not let investment decisions be impacted by the barrage of negativity that dominates mainstream press.
While the ASX ended flat today, most of the early gains were surrendered from 11 am onwards as divergence opened up across sectors, Utilities were weak, offset by solid gains by IT stocks that keyed off a good session in the US overnig
Shares opened higher this morning, but the real rally came following the 11.30 am print on inflation which was significantly lower than expected prompting investors to reduce bets on rate hikes - it now seems like the RBA’s aggressive move to tighten policy at an unprecedented rate is showing signs of working, boosting equities today. Most sectors finished more than 1% higher, and only one sector closed lower, but only marginally so.
Some respite from the recent selling today with the market snapping a ~300pt/ 4.1% pullback for the ASX 200 over just 4 trading days, as buying amongst the influential miners and the under-pressure property stocks drove the index higher, 3 days before we rule the books off on FY23. As we wrote this morning, the Australian bourse is up ~8% before dividends, a healthy result if we consider both the economic backdrop and geo-political headwinds in play.
The local market fell to levels not seen in 3 months today on the back of a swift turn higher in bond yields The local 10-year yield was up 15bps/~3.5% early on in the session, settling at 4.255% driving a shift away from risky assets. There was little appetite to add exposure on a Friday either, resigning the market to a ~200pt drop over the last 3 sessions. All sectors closed lower while the ASX200 closed down 2.24% for the week.
A tough day for the Aussie market with broad-based selling knocking shares sharply low – the higher beta parts of the market felt the brunt of the risk-off attitude while the IT stocks were the only ones to finish up on the day - WiseTech (WT) +0.98% only knows one way!
A weaker session for the ASX, and with no lead from the US we were left to key off marginally softer European markets while Asian stocks also tracked lower during our time zone. Banks lost some of yesterday’s gains while property stocks also fell.
A positive open for stocks before the index tracked lower ahead of the RBA decision on interest rates at 2.30 pm - no change to rates - the market rallied, particularly the financials and property stocks buoyed by some respite to cost of living pressures. About half of the professional forecasters had expected a hike, while interest rate futures were pricing a ~20% probability of a 0.25% move.
The first session of FY24 was a positive one for local stocks with the market grinding consistently higher throughout the day to close on session highs. There seemed to be an overarching trend today that saw some of the ‘FY23 dogs’ attract buying with the discretionary retailers the most obvious example at a sector level – perhaps confidence is growing around a ‘soft landing’ as inflation cools and central banks look to a least pause on rates.
A quiet session to wrap up FY23, a year where central banks have hiked interest rates at an unprecedented speed taking them to fresh 11-year highs, the US experienced a Banking Crisis, China’s economy was buffeted from aggressive COVID lockdowns and war was waged on Ukraine, to name just a few of the headwinds for equities. The fact the market in price terms has risen more than 10% is just another example of why we, as investors, need to keep an open mind and not let investment decisions be impacted by the barrage of negativity that dominates mainstream press.
While the ASX ended flat today, most of the early gains were surrendered from 11 am onwards as divergence opened up across sectors, Utilities were weak, offset by solid gains by IT stocks that keyed off a good session in the US overnig
Shares opened higher this morning, but the real rally came following the 11.30 am print on inflation which was significantly lower than expected prompting investors to reduce bets on rate hikes - it now seems like the RBA’s aggressive move to tighten policy at an unprecedented rate is showing signs of working, boosting equities today. Most sectors finished more than 1% higher, and only one sector closed lower, but only marginally so.
Some respite from the recent selling today with the market snapping a ~300pt/ 4.1% pullback for the ASX 200 over just 4 trading days, as buying amongst the influential miners and the under-pressure property stocks drove the index higher, 3 days before we rule the books off on FY23. As we wrote this morning, the Australian bourse is up ~8% before dividends, a healthy result if we consider both the economic backdrop and geo-political headwinds in play.
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