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The Match Out: ASX rallies, IT leads the way, Go the Sea Eagles!

A bullish session for the market today with buyers emerging following a pullback in energy & material prices overnight. The IT stocks built on yesterday’s bounce to...
29M
BGA
BHP
+12
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Stocks bounce, a big day for Nickel Mines (NIC), Aristocrat (ALL) update solid

The choppy nature of the current market continued today with the ASX bouncing back from yesterday’s decline with all sectors finishing higher. After stabilising...
ORG
+1
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Stocks down, Energy gives up recent gains as Supermarkets rally

Some cracks started to appear in the ASX today with the recently hot Energy & Materials sectors coming under pressure while the traditionally defensive Healthcare &...
PDN
James Gerrish
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The Match Out: Market ends lower but Energy and Gold stocks rally, bid for AGL pulled

After opening the session higher, stocks were largely one way for the rest of the day closing down around 1%, the out of favour IT sector continuing to languish, ably...
AGL
STO
TLS
+2
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Market takes a backwards step after a strong week, Tech and uranium stocks cop the brunt of selling

Weakness into the weekend ruined what was a solid week from a markets perspective. The local index was up 154 points to yesterday’s close in the first four days,...
Z1P
James Gerrish
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The Match Out: ASX higher, Commodities on fire, How does the BHP / WPL deal actually work?

A choppy session for the ASX overall today with some big divergence between the haves and have nots, the Resources & Energy sectors again the beacon of hope while...
BHP
+5
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Stocks show fortitude in the face of fire, Energy remains the star

A solid underbelly from the market today to close marginally higher despite US stocks falling more than 1.5% overnight plus our influential banking sector ended the...
AKE
ALQ
APX
+19
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX ends higher in a choppy session, Z1P buys SZL and raises equity

The ASX closed higher today however by a lesser margin than the futures had implied on Saturday morning (+165pts) following a strong rally on Wall Street, the weekend...
SZL
Z1P
James Gerrish
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The Match Out: Stocks up but well off highs - no one wants to go home long it seems, Have a great weekend all, after a tough week!

Well….no one wanted to go home long this afternoon, with the market seeing the best of things very early on this morning following the big turnaround in the US market...
360
ABC
APX
+4
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX hit 3% as Russia ups the ante, land mines aplenty on the reporting front today

It was a tough day for Aussie stocks coming off weakness in overseas markets while an escalation in the Russia/Ukraine saga saw a big risk-off swing right across Asia....
360
APX
BHP
+5
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX rallies, HUB24 tops the boards, Dominoes tanks

Risk was back on today with the market rallying 0.60% led by the recently under pressure technology stocks while the more defensive areas (Utilities and REITs) lagged....
ALU
APA
CXL
+4
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Stocks hit on Russian ruse, HUB 24 (HUB) beats, ditto for Cochlear (COH) – it’s not all doom & gloom!

A volatile session for Aussie stocks today with the market moving in a ~100pt range on news this morning President Putin ordered his defence ministry to despatch...
ALU
AWC
+15
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX rallies strongly from morning lows, A2M and AGL are two dogs coming back to life!

It was a weak start to trade this morning, with the overhang of the weekend news flow (remarkably bearish on most fronts) pushing the ASX 200 down around 70points at...
ALU
+6
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Stocks rally then fade, Whitehaven declares a dividend, Bunnings profit declines

A bullish morning of trade with local reporting season underpinning the strength, it certainly seems corporates are doing well overall, plus we’re seeing many with the...
GMG
+5
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX rips, CSL the main driver, Santos (STO) almost triples profit

A great session for the ASX keying off strong leads from overseas as Russia took a tentative step backwards while strength on the domestic earnings front also buoyed...
EML
+4
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX down, BHP beats but weighed by a near 10% drop in Iron Ore

As Chris on the Insto Desk just over my shoulder said today, “it felt like the market was down a hundred,” with some big moves on the stock level playing out and some...
AD8
BHP
DXS
+6
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX up, Energy and Golds the standout as the LA Rams win the Superbowl

There was some nervousness this morning following a big weekend of negative news around the potential Ukraine invasion, no doubt amplified by many of us forgetting...
AD8
CSL
+9
James Gerrish
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The Match Out: Market finishes strong week on soft footing, Inflation drives sell off, IAG beats 1H

The market gave up ground, though still managed to post a +97pt/1.36% gain for the week. A soft lead from the US driven by higher than expected inflation prints caused...
James Gerrish
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The Match Out: ASX closes higher but gives up early strength, NAB 1Q impresses, CIMIC an all-round disappointment

It was a strong start to the day with buyers picking up where they left off yesterday afternoon. The ASX was carried back over 7,300 for the first time in three weeks...
AMP
BAP
+2
James Gerrish
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The Match Out: Stocks rally underpinned by Financials and Materials, best quarter ever for Macquarie (MQG), Suncorp (SUN) improves

A bullish day for local stocks with the market supported by the dominant sectors, when Materials +2.2% and Financials +1.36% take spots 1 and 2 on the leader board...
APX
BHP
FMG
+6
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX down smalls, Magellan (MFG) hit again, ANZ trading update a touch soft

A very volatile Monday for the ASX with the market down sharply (-74pts) early on only to claw back the bulk of the decline by the close to finish only a few points...
APX
BAP
+7
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Market snaps three-week losing streak, Tech finds some friends, REA Group (REA) post in line 1H

Pre-market futures were indicating a difficult end to the week, however some better than expected results after the US market closed meant early selling was subdued....
BLD
NWS
REA
James Gerrish
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The Match Out: ASX drifts, Tech’s bounce short lived, Reporting now in focus

Portfolios exposed to Technology had a tough session today, the sector hit nearly 6% following some big moves lower in large-cap US tech stocks that missed earnings...
NCK
NUF
+2
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: Stocks rally as RBA set to keep rates low, Amcor (AMC) struggles after reporting, Weekly video update

A solid session for Aussie stocks with the market up more than 1% led by the Energy sector, although Materials also bounced back today following a pullback in the $US...
AMC
BHP
+2
James Gerrish
Market Matters
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The Match Out: ASX higher, tech leads as the RBA wind up QE

A solid session for Aussie stocks today keying off a good session overseas that saw major indices rally into the close. Tech and Utility stocks the main driver however...
APX
BLD
+2
James Gerrish
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