June 23, 2017
The ASX 200 stumbled over the line to end higher by 9pts on Friday - Although for the week the week the index posted a loss of 1%. Bank ran into headwinds as participants considered the latest government initiative to tax lenders in South Australia.
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June 23, 2017
The 2016/17 financial year draws to a close
· The financial year is drawing to a close, but there are no ‘first tier’ indicators to either close out the year or usher in the new financial year. In the coming week, most interest will be on the latest demographic information.
· In Australia, the week kicks off on Tuesday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases the first data from the 2016 Census. Across Australia housing conditions are decidedly mixed. So the latest figures will throw new light on the true state of underlying demand for homes. At the same time the ABS will release the December quarter population figures – figures that you would expect would be newly calibrated with the latest Census data.
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June 23, 2017
Local shares are edging lower at lunch as financials run into renewed uncertainty following a decision by the South Australian state Government to impose a levy on banks. Most other sectors are higher although lends are casting a pall over sentiment
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June 22, 2017
US markets faded in late trade to finish flat on Thursday. Healthcare did best after Republicans unveiled draft legislation to repeal Obamacare. Oil prices bounced off 10-month lows which briefly helped energy stocks.
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June 22, 2017
The ASX 200 has recovered some of yesterday’s losses, helped by recoveries in the Financial, Energy and Materials sectors. The index gained 40 points or 0.7% to 5,706.
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June 22, 2017
CommSec's Tom Piotrowski speaks with WAM Leaders Limited (WLE) Portfolio Manager, Matthew Haupt about the fund’s outperformance against the ASX 200 index in May and its switch out of financial and into insurance stocks.
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June 22, 2017
The ASX 200 is up 0.5% or 31 points to 5,696, recovering slightly after yesterday having its worst one-day loss so far this year.
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June 21, 2017
US sharemarkets were mixed on Wednesday. Lower oil prices continued to weigh on the energy sector. Bank stocks fell on worries what the flat yield curve means for profits. But healthcare and technology stocks rose. The Nasdaq biotech stock index rose by 4.1% - the biggest daily gain since last November's Presidential election. Shares in Fedex rose 1.6% to record highs after the company forecast higher 2018 earnings. The Dow Jones fell by 57 points or 0.3% and the S&P 500 lost 0.1%, but the Nasdaq gained almost 46 points or 0.7%.
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June 21, 2017
Local shares fell further on Wednesday, hurt by lower commodity prices and a weak from Wall Street. The ASX 200 dropped 91 points or 1.6% to 5,665.
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June 21, 2017
The ASX 200 index is down 1.3% or 75 points to 5,681 - hit by heavy falls in the energy, materials, financial and telco sectors.
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