New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX: NHC) is an Australian diversified energy business which has been operating from its Queensland base for more than six decades. It has interests and operations across coal mining, exploration, port operation, oil, agriculture and innovative technologies. But, its main operations are currently in coal mining.
The Australian stock market has given up all of the gains that it had made in 2023, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) losing 56.6 points, or 0.8%, on Monday to 6,844.1, with resources weakness the major culprit. That puts the index in the red by 2.8% for the year.
The Australian sharemarket closed at its lowest point in 11 months on Wednesday, hampered by a weak lead-in from Wall Street, and its interest-rate worries.
The Australia share market retreated to a six-month low on Tuesday, as global markets felt the pressure from surging bond yields – despite, in Australia’s case, the Reserve Bank leaving the official cash rate on hold at 4.1 per cent, for a fifth straight month.
It was relatively quiet on the ASX on Monday with traders eyeing the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest interest-rate decision, to be announced today (and a public holiday in most states dampening activity further).
Eight of the markets 11 sectors finished weaker, after retail sales grew at just 0.2 per cent in August, following an 0.5% increase in July. This is likely to ensure interest rates remain on hold. Consumer facing businesses Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) and Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) fell 1.9% and 0.8%.
The Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX:SOL) (WHSP) share price is in focus after the investment stock announced its FY23 result.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.11% to 7076.50.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.46% to 7163.30.
The local share market fell for a second straight day on Tuesday, ahead of a flurry of central bank meetings, and following the release of a set of minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia that were taken as implying that the local central bank is considered raising rates.
