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The local share market started the week lower, ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting, which begins on Tuesday.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.67% to 7230.40.
The Australian August job report blew expectations out of the water, with 64,900 jobs created in the month, well above the 23,000 anticipated by economists.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished up +0.46% to 7186.50.
Australian shares or the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) fell 0.6% on Monday despite opening positively, as commodity and energy prices fell across the board. The ASX 200 selloff in energy and materials finished at 5.1 and 4.6 per cent respectively, amid growing concerns about the outlook for the global economy.
The S&P/ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) reversed the prior day’s gains, falling 1% on Tuesday after US bond yields jumped on further central bank commentary.
The S&P/ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) finished up 0.8% on Thursday as ASX mining and energy shares, such as Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC), made headlines.
The S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) finished 0.5% higher on Friday as GrainCorp (ASX:GNC) and Platinum (ASX:PTM) shares made headlines.
The S&P/ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) ended down 0.2% on Thursday to finish the quarter as Tabcorp (ASX:TAH) and Paladin (ASX:PDN) made headlines.