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It seemed like the positive data around Sydney property spurred on buying this morning, with the major banks seeing some love after a torrid period of late. The AFR...

Early bidding soon gave way to some profit taking as the index eased back from intra-day all-time highs set 15 minutes into the session marginally below the 6900...

Stocks were strong again on open this morning trading up to a new all-time high for the ASX 200 of 6879 – marginally eclipsing the August milestone by 5pts, however...

Big intra-day buying today highlighted the dry powder hanging around the market now being forced the chase stocks higher. The Aussie dollar falling further encouraged...

A more bullish session than futures were implying this morning buoyed by reports that China and the US held a call today and quote ‘agreed to continue phase 1 talks....

The market was strong on open this morning although the optimism faded from around 11am onwards, stocks declined from early highs to finish up but not convincingly so....

A tough day at the office with the market hit hard, pretty much all day. The banks in the firing line thanks to a new Austrac law suit filed against Westpac refocussed...

Somewhat of a reversion today of the recent trends with the high value growth stocks suffering some selling led by Wisetech (WTC) while a number of the value plays...

A weaker day than the futures traders were predicting this morning with the market opening around par before selling off into a midday low. While the selling lacked...

The market finished the week on the front foot today as it traded to within a whisker of the 6800 handle on the back of some broad based buying. Increasing calls for...

There was choppy action on the open this morning as the index jumped in and out of positive territory for the first 90 minutes of the session. There was little...

A slow and steady grind lower today from the get-go with the market pulling back -68pts from the early highs – a similar trend to yesterday however with more...

The market backed off from early highs today which came in at 6779, the highest point for the ASX 200 since August, a drop of -26pts from the intra session milestone...

A bullish day for the Australian market to start the week with a strong rally in the healthcare sector underpinned largely by CSL which added +3.53% thanks to a UBS...

The market once again found resistance at the top of the range today despite the positive lead from the US market overnight. This sideways chop continues to dominate...

A strong day for local stocks with the out of form Australian banks keying off an inline full year result from NAB this morning – more on that below however that...

A soft session across the local market today with early strength getting overcome after the first hour with sellers dominating thereafter. The IT Stocks were again in...

A particularly quiet day of trade today with volumes noticeably lighter ahead of the race this afternoon. The market tracked higher early one before giving all its...

A choppy session to start the week although considering that Westpac (WBC) was in a trading halt to raise $2.5bn in fresh equity after reporting results this morning,...

After opening lower this morning , the market chopped around in a tight range till around 11am before finding its mojo and rallying strongly in the afternoon session...