End of Day Report – Friday 24 May: ASX 200 Down - Banks and Industrials To Blame
The ASX 200 falls another 84 points to 7728 as US markets and commodities weigh. Down 1% for the week. No recovery from lows either, although it tried once; banks were hit as profit takers moved in, and the Big Bank Basket went down to $207.50 (-1.4%). CBA crashed 1.5% with WBC off 1.2% and MQG down 0.8%. Insurers slid too with QBE down 1.5%. REITS slipped away led lower by GMG off 1.5% and SCG down 1.6%. Industrials were hit with WES continuing its slide down another 3.8%. WOW and COL also in the doghouse today with falls around 1.2%. Tech down as XRO fell 2.7% and WTC off 1.4%. REA and others in the platform space fell, with healthcare seeing sellers ahead of a long US weekend. RMD down 3.2% and SHL falling 3.0%. Resources were a slight surprise, outperforming after the rout yesterday. BHP was down a modest 0.6%, FMG fell 0.8%, and lithium stocks fell hard again. PLS down 1.5% and MIN off 1.9%. Gold miners could have been worse, NEM down only 0.9% and EVN up 0.5%. Oil and gas stocks better, STO up 0.1% and WDS gaining 0.7%. In corporate news, APX rose 2.5% on an update, PPT lifted its stake in SGR to 8.8%. Nothing on the economic front locally. Asian markets all weaker. European markets set to follow the US lower. 10-year yields are relatively steady at 4.31%.
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