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Weaker iron ore prices saw BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) shed 53 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $47.18, while Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO) lost 83 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $128.32, and Fortescue Ltd (ASX: FMG) eased 13 cents, or 0.5 per cent, to $27.24.
It has been a year of extraordinary moves in things we never saw coming. Bitcoin is the best performing ‘asset’ – and I use that term loosely.
Luke Laretive of Seneca Financial Solutions highlights 3 significant ASX shares, namely, MMA Offshore Ltd (ASX: MRM), RPMGlobal Holdings Ltd (ASX: RUL), and Life360 Inc (ASX: 360), that upgraded earnings during November. Are these share prices a buy today?
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) index added 36.3 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 7,235.3 points at the close. The broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) rose 36.2 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 7,446.4.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) index adding 51.5 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 7124.7, with nine of the 11 sectors finishing in the green. The broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) index also rose 0.7 per cent, in its case 51 points, to 7,336.1.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.76% to 6,987.60.
The local market managed a positive start to the week with both the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) and All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) gaining 0.1% on the back of strength in the energy sector.
Telstra Group Ltd (ASX: TLS) gained 5 cents, or 1.3%, to $3.92, after being up 2.3% at one point, as it was perceived as benefiting from the big outage at rival Optus. In Singapore, the shares of Optus’ owner Singapore Telecom were down 5.2% on the news, and finished down 4.8% for the day.
The Australian dollar and bond yields slid after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash rate by 0.25% on Melbourne Cup Day, to 4.35%.