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US stocks rallied late in their session to close ~3% higher, while the Nasdaq put on ~4.5% as technology stocks enjoyed the rhetoric from the Federal Reserve around...

A good day for the ASX to end what has been another stellar monthly performance, the ASX 200 advancing +6.75% (incl dividends) in November led by a ~20% advance by...

The market was weaker this morning as concern bubbled over from Chinese protests on the weekend centred on their futile Covid-zero policy, however that pessimism...

Local shares were soft to start the week as unrest in China hit sentiment for growth assets. Commodity-linked sectors were the hardest hit given the concerns around...

It was a quiet session for the ASX to end the week, closing higher for the fourth consecutive session to finish at the highest level since May. Most sectors were in...

The ASX pushed up early this morning hitting a high of 7264 before sellers got the upper hand and the market sold off into the close. Gold stocks the stand out on...

The ASX hit a 6-month high today at 7246, a rally of +834 or ~13% from the low set on the 3rd Oct at 6412. Following that day MM wrote….Yesterday’s dip by local...

A solid session for the ASX today led by the sectors that fell yesterday, the ebb and flow continues, although today’s action was void of any meaningful detractors...

A quiet session to kick off the new trading week with the ASX drifting lower as the day progressed, a lack of interest really which is what we saw in the US on...

The ASX brushed weakness seen overseas for the second straight session, ticking higher into the weekend. There were limited catalysts to drive markets today with the...

The ASX snapped a 3-day losing streak today, managing to brush weakness in the US to trade in the black for most of the session. Commodity stocks were left behind as...

Another day of consolidation for the ASX, a tight range as stock-specific news dominated, although, a lack of selling from a broader context following a solid ~12.5%...

The ASX showed a decent underbelly today rallying well from the midday low to close only marginally down on the session. US Futures edged higher + the minutes from...

The market consolidated recent gains today with the ASX opening well before tracking lower as the day progressed. This is the sort of two steps forward and one back...

The US CPI miss lit a fire under global markets sending the ASX to a 5-month high today as bond yields tumbled. The growth end of the market saw the best of it...

Multiple takeover bids was not enough to get the ASX higher today with weakness across the banking sector following NABs result yesterday & a pullback in the...

The ASX200 nudged above 7000 again today, only to close a whisker below as we continued to outperform the Asian region. More weakness in the $US overnight...

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Futures were pricing a significantly higher open (~90pts) this morning and what we got was fairly lacklustre, particularly outside the commodity complex....

The local market started on the back foot today, but managed to trend higher into the weekend. The banks battled back off their lows but the index was mostly...