The Market Wrap wth Evan Lucas, Economic Futurist
Update: 2025-01-28
Description
Sigma Healthcare got a bump on the market as its merger partner Chemist Warehouse reported record sales.
MARKET WRAP:
- ASX200: down 0.12%, 8,399
- GOLD: $2,745 US/oz
- BITCOIN: $164,265 AUD
- Wisetech Global dropped half a percent, NextDC fell 7.2, while Goodman Group plunged 8.2%.
- Also tumbling were the energy companies – Origin down 3.4%, AGL down 2.3% and Yancoal off by 3.7%.
- Sigma Healthcare took off, as its merger partner Chemist Warehouse reported record sales. Shares were up 12.2% to $3.03.
- Consumer stocks were led higher by Wesfarmers rising 1.1% and Aristocrat gaining 4.2%.
- The Big Four banks all finished in the green - Westpac 1.2% higher – but Macquarie lost 1.5%.
- A warning by Nuix that it would post a half-year fall in earnings saw its shares dive more than 20% to $4.31.
CURRENCY UPDATE:
- AUD/USD: 62.53 US cents
- AUD/GBP: 50.3 pence
- AUD/EUR: 60 Euro cents
- AUD/JPY: 97 Japanese yen
- AUD/NZD: 1.10 NZ dollars
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