Cochlear Ltd (ASX: COH) is one of the world’s leading medical businesses. Cochlear designs, manufactures and supplies the Nucleus cochlear implant, the Hybrid electro-acoustic implant and the Baha bone conduction implant. Graeme Clark invented the first device in 1982, allowing first-user Graham Carrick to hear for the first time for 17 years. Some of the most recent modifications allow users to play sound from their phone directly into their implant.
The mood was distinctly positive on the trading screens, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) index putting on 120.1 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 7,377.9, while the broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) rose 130.3 points, also 1.7 per cent, to 7,599.4.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.50% to 7,235.30.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.73% to 7,124.70.
Both Australia’s largest benchmarks weakened on Wednesday, despite news that the Israel-Gaza conflict had entered a period of ceasefire.
We pull apart the remaining ASX shares from last week, including Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) and more.
All seven of these companies do something different. They have different prospects for growth. Different ways of generating dividends… and so on. When combined, they could make for a wicked cocktail of dividend income.
The local share market snapped its losing streak, with both the All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) and S&P/ASX200 (INDEXASX: XJO) gaining 0.4% on a settling of bond yields and the latest Reserve Bank meeting minutes.
Sonic Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SHL) has traditionally viewed as an ASX share that provides a mixture of dividends and defensive growth for investors. However, SHL shares have been sold off 17% over the last 6 months.
The Resmed CDI (ASX: RMD) share price was crushed after its Q4 2023 financial results. Is Resmed’s share price an allergic reaction to Ozempic, or something else?
