the match out

A soft session in the US saw the local market face to face with a fall of around 100 points, as futures dropped like a stone. But the worst of it was seen even before...

I was up last night around 3 am with a dog that didn’t want to sleep (don’t ask) as the US market (and our futures) recovered from the whack they copped yesterday...

The ASX attempted to rally on the final day of the month and was doing well early to be +92pts up at the lunchtime high, however late selling kicked in after the...

There was a degree of anticipation this morning given the weekend news flow, however as currency markets opened and were fairly subdued it quickly became apparent that...

After weeks of being more or less pinned to 7400, the index finally cracked today. Initially it looked to be a pretty subdued end to the week for the ASX given Futures...

Another quiet day on the index level, any strength was sold, weakness bought and overall the market finished flat, however there was a lot more happening under the...

It was one of those days today where the market had little direction – chopped around par with further weakness in technology stocks offset by buying in the Energy...

A strong bounce back from early morning weakness today as the late sell-off in Tech shares overnight cast a shadow over the market early, however with commodities...

It was another choppy open this morning. The index was jumping at shadows, something that really typified the rest of the day, the broader market finishing down...

The market finished marginally higher today but was down around 1% on the week, thanks to weakness among the financials, courtesy of Commonwealth Bank’s (ASX: CBA)...

It was a choppy session for the ASX, the market trading in a reasonable trading range of around 60 points. The worst of it was seen just after the open, when the...

It was another softer session for the market today thanks largely to a weaker-than-expected quarterly update from index heavyweight Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA), which...

It was a poor session today for Aussie stocks, the market selling off throughout the session, again hitting its head on this stubborn wall of resistance at around 7480...

It was a good way to end a volatile week, the ASX up around 0.8% and despite a few large swings and the feeling of a tough week, the market only ended at 7443, down...

It was a very volatile session today for local stocks, as big volumes through the futures market pushed the market down around 40 points in short order this morning,...

A little over two months ago, a new series flashed onto the Livewire site. The Match Out debuted on Monday 6 September, an ASX update published soon after the market...

The ASX was again looking optimistic early on, as SPI Futures debunked overseas weakness. But true to recent form, key resistance – as detailed on the daily chart...

It was another session where the ASX looked strong(ish), but hit the skids at key resistance and sold off into the afternoon. It was sector rotation again to the only...

It was a fairly lacklustre start to the week, the ASX chopping around par for most of the session as sellers seemed intent on defending the 7,475 resistance level...

A choppy start to the week ended with three solid sessions of gains for the ASX. Today it was the Communications sector leading the charge, while the IT stocks lagged....