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.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.45% to 7,504.10.
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.
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.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) index ending the session 4.1 points to the good, at 7,199, while the broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) edged 4.6 points into the green, to 7,410.2.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) index jumped 116.8 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 7178.4, with all the sectors in the green. The broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) added 116.9 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 7,386.
Here’s today’s latest updates on the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) and the broader All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) share prices.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.28% to 7,078.20.
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%.