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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...

The weakness across the market persisted again today with the ASX 200 testing and breaking through support and closing on the lows of the session – hard to find a...

The US market closed marginally higher overnight, however, before our market opened this morning Mr Trump outlined plans to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods until...

Another day of weakness for Aussie stocks with the market trading down on open and chopping around for most of the session – the market ticking around the 6400 region...

The market traded lower today thanks to weakness from overseas markets last night and again during our time zone today, however despite the day being dominated by...

With no overseas lead to key off this morning, local stocks were muted from the outset however continued strength in the Iron Ore price and reasonable buying through...

A very subdued day was seen on the ASX200 ahead of holidays in the UK & US which will see the financial markets of both countries closed tonight. The index moved...

The local market sold off on the open today and struggled to stage any kind of meaningful recovery as the session rolled on. Trade tensions simmering was seen as the...

The ASX came off the boil today after a very strong 6 day advance which saw the market rally from a 6203 low to a high yesterday of the 6510 – a 307pt unabated run up...

The ASX was looking strong again today, staging a recovery from early lows to trade higher for the 6thsession running – the ASX200 is now up 271pts since the close on...

A second day of good news for the Australian banks as APRA to reduce lending requirements on new mortgages to better reflect the low interest rate environment. The...