The ASX200 drifted -0.3% yesterday following US futures lower during our time zone, losers managed to outnumber winners 2:1 on a day when there were very few standout winners e.g. Cochlear was the best performing stock and it rallied less than 3%.
April is one of the most bullish months of the year for equities with an average gain for the ASX 200 over the past 10 years of 2.5%, while 80% of the time the market has finished the month higher.
It was an impressive session by the ASX yesterday given the tepid leads from overseas markets and although Asian stocks were higher, it felt like the local index was the dominate force.
The ASX200 got it’s mojo back this week and yesterday closed at it’s highest level since the pandemic broke late in the first quarter of 2020. It seems the shackles tying the index to the 6800 handle have now been cast off and thankfully we have some clear air ahead of us.
The ASX200 rallied yesterday up through the 6900 level only to falter in late trade to close marginally below the fairly insignificant milestone. Not surprising really given we’ve had a handful of attempts at a breakout only for it to fail and the market to fall back into the trading range that has held firm for more than 5 months now.
Following the longest break of the year for the ASX, we’re tipped to open higher this morning as global markets break to new highs with a confluence of better economic data and news of further stimulus in the US last week creating a strong tailwind for risk assets. Last week saw the resumption of the trends that played out in 2020, namely outperformance by the growth / technology stocks and underperformance of value.
The first quarter of 2021 is behind us and after 3 extremely choppy months on the stock & sector level the ASX200 itself has managed to advance 3%, or an average of just 1% per month. The determining factor of sector performance year to date has been the sharp appreciation by longer dated bond yields as markets factor in a major post COVID economic recovery.
The ASX200 has totally ignored some strong leads from global indices this week, on Monday morning a test of 6900 appeared imminent but the combination of Brisbane’s lockdown and fears around JobKeeper ending today has sent the local index down closer to 6700 come Tuesdays final bell. – as can be seen on the chart below we’re back at the mid-point of 2021, yet again. The selling yesterday was noticeably broad based with almost 85% of the ASX200 closing in the red, notably the Telco’s were the only sector which managed to close in positive territory as Telstra (TLS) continued to firm.
Yesterday morning we saw Brisbane go into a snap 3-day lock down as fears the UK strain of COVID was about to explode through the capital of the Sunshine State, undoubtedly plenty of Easter holidays have been thrown into disarray by this one press conference.
April is one of the most bullish months of the year for equities with an average gain for the ASX 200 over the past 10 years of 2.5%, while 80% of the time the market has finished the month higher.
It was an impressive session by the ASX yesterday given the tepid leads from overseas markets and although Asian stocks were higher, it felt like the local index was the dominate force.
The ASX200 got it’s mojo back this week and yesterday closed at it’s highest level since the pandemic broke late in the first quarter of 2020. It seems the shackles tying the index to the 6800 handle have now been cast off and thankfully we have some clear air ahead of us.
The ASX200 rallied yesterday up through the 6900 level only to falter in late trade to close marginally below the fairly insignificant milestone. Not surprising really given we’ve had a handful of attempts at a breakout only for it to fail and the market to fall back into the trading range that has held firm for more than 5 months now.
Following the longest break of the year for the ASX, we’re tipped to open higher this morning as global markets break to new highs with a confluence of better economic data and news of further stimulus in the US last week creating a strong tailwind for risk assets. Last week saw the resumption of the trends that played out in 2020, namely outperformance by the growth / technology stocks and underperformance of value.
The first quarter of 2021 is behind us and after 3 extremely choppy months on the stock & sector level the ASX200 itself has managed to advance 3%, or an average of just 1% per month. The determining factor of sector performance year to date has been the sharp appreciation by longer dated bond yields as markets factor in a major post COVID economic recovery.
The ASX200 has totally ignored some strong leads from global indices this week, on Monday morning a test of 6900 appeared imminent but the combination of Brisbane’s lockdown and fears around JobKeeper ending today has sent the local index down closer to 6700 come Tuesdays final bell. – as can be seen on the chart below we’re back at the mid-point of 2021, yet again. The selling yesterday was noticeably broad based with almost 85% of the ASX200 closing in the red, notably the Telco’s were the only sector which managed to close in positive territory as Telstra (TLS) continued to firm.
Yesterday morning we saw Brisbane go into a snap 3-day lock down as fears the UK strain of COVID was about to explode through the capital of the Sunshine State, undoubtedly plenty of Easter holidays have been thrown into disarray by this one press conference.
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