Market Updates

ASX 200 fell 67 points to 7814 (-0.9%) as broad-based losses after a huge run yesterday. Index up 0.84% this week. Banks eased back despite an 8.2% run in BEN after results beat expectations. The Big Bank Basket fell to $210.47 (-0.6%). MQG dropped 1.3%, and other financials under pressure. Insurers slid, QBE down 1.5%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly lower Thursday after briefly jumping above 40,000 for the first time. At its high of the day, the blue-chip average reached 40,051.05, the culmination of a bull market that began in October 2022. Ultimately, the 30-stock Dow ended the day down 38.62 points, or 0.1%, clos

ASX 200 jumped 128 points (+1.7%) to 7881 as good US CPI and better-than-expected local jobs data created a tsunami of buying in large caps. Big banks closed higher, CBA was up 1.9% to fresh highs, and the Big Bank Basket was up to $211.81 (+2.0%), close to a record high. NAB the standout up 2.4%. MQG also doing well u

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ASX 200 finishes up 27 points to 7754 (+0.4%), basking in a warm post-budget glow. The main driver of the advance was retail stocks and BHP, which was buoyed by talk it may just walk from Anglo discussions. Up 2.2%. Some budget winners in focus today, with some of the critical metal stocks finding some friends, althoug

Wall Street ended higher overnight, near best levels in another lower volume trading session leading into CPI results tomorrow. Markets shrugged off a mixed reading on producer inflation, and Powell signalled that interest rates will be higher for longer. Dow +127 points (+0.32%). Up 185 points at best. Down 60 points