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Once again, the expectation of lower interest rates was enough to drive stocks higher today, with comments from the RBA that imply rates were more likely to go down...

A fairly lacklustre Monday across the board with the banks/utilities offsetting some weakness amongst the material stocks + the telcos were weak as a sector thanks to...

Early this week the local market soared to register the highest close since late 2007 before some consolidation played out at the back end of the week. Today was...

The market chopped around for the session today before closing flat - the ASX200 traded as much as +20 points higher and -10 points lower than the previous close. It...

The local market quickly pushed on with yesterday’s rally to post an extra 41pts to rally to the intraday high within the first hour. The selling picked up from there...

After a long weekend, the Australian market had to catch up on two bullish sessions out of the US which we did - and then some with the market now trading at its...

The ASX200 gained 24 points yesterday, taking the index within striking distance of this month’s 6403 high although we are still only in June’s first trading week....

The market edged higher again today – up around +20pts although it was a narrower move than yesterday with the resource sector a meaningful underperformer. BHP off ...

The market edged higher today, however gains were very lacklustre considering the +2% rally in US markets overnight. The ASX 200 peaked early on 6387, up ~55pts...

A choppy session for the ASX today as traders positioned ahead of the RBA rates decision at 2.30pm this afternoon, with Philip Lowe & the board ending the longest...