Market Updates

The ASX 200 fell 37 points to 8514 (-0.4%) as banks saw profit taking as EOFY approaches. The Big Bank Basket down to $287.72 (-2.4) with CBA down 2.8%. Industrials were also weaker across the board with resources taking the crown today. BHP, RIO, and FMG all putting on the ritz following a 1.9% gain in Iron ore prices

Wall Street continued forward with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq just shy of all-time closing highs. The major US indices benefitted from the continued ceasefire in the Middle East and weakening economic data which supports rate cuts. Fed will cut at the September meeting, not the July one. S&P 500 up 0.8%, Nasdaq up 0.97

The ASX 200 fell 8 points to 8551 in quiet trade. Banks fell slightly with the Big Bank Basket at $294.91 (0.1%). ANZ the star playing some catch-up up rising 2.2%. Insurers slid, QBE off 0.6% and financial services continued to push higher. PNI up 1.5% and HUB putting on 1.6%. REITs slipped, GMG off 1.3% and SCG down

Wall Street recorded a mixed session as the initial euphoria of the Israel-Iran deal wore off and investors weighed Powell’s second day of congressional testimony – it was nothing we had not heard before or weren’t expecting, hardly market moving. S&P 500 flat, Nasdaq up 0.31%. Dow fell steadily throughout the day, but

The ASX 200 trod water rising 4 points to 8559 as CPI numbers came in below forecast. Narrow trading range. Banks were firm again, CBA up another 1.7% with the Big Bank Basket at $295.09 (+1.5%). Financials also doing well, GQG up 9.1% and XYZ up 1.0% with REITs better on rate cut hopes. GMG up 0.4% and CHC rising 1.2%

Wall Street rose for the second consecutive session as a ceasefire between Israel-Iran was declared by Trump and seemingly accepted by both parties - markets ran bullish with the narrative. Elsewhere, Jerome Powell appeared before the House Financial Services Committee and insisted he was not in a rush to cut interest