Market Updates
A twice-daily podcast from the Marcus Today team, designed for self-directed investors. Stay informed with the latest stock market, financial, and business news, published every weekday just before the market opens and after it closes (AEST).
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 2007
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Pre-Market Report – Friday 24 May: Boeing Hurts Dow, Nvidia Helps NASDAQ
U.S. stocks ended Thursday’s trading session in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 605.78 points, or 1.53%, marking its worst day of 2024. The S&P 500 dropped 0.74%, and the Nasdaq Co…
End of Day Report – Thursday 23 May: BHP Tumbles | Defensives Find Friends
The ASX 200 falls 36 points to 7812 (0.5%) off the session lows as defensives rallied hard. NASDAQ futures improved helped by Nvidia results a positive. Healthcare and supermarkets did well. CSL up …
Pre-Market Report – Thursday 23 May: BHP Bids Again | Nvidia up After Hours
U.S. stocks ended Wednesday’s session in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell around 202 points, or 0.5%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite declined 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively.
Nvidia report…
End of Day Report – Wednesday 22 May: Waiting for BHP and Nvidia | APE Fails Rego!
ASX 200 fell 4 points today to 7848 as we await Nvidia results in US. Mixed session all round. Banks were slightly higher with ANZ up 1.1% and the Big Bank Basket up to $211.98. MQG rallied 1.3%, wit…
Pre-Market Report – Wednesday 22 May: S&P 500 and NASDAQ Hit Fresh Record Highs
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End of Day Report – Tuesday 21 May: ASX 200 Holds Onto Yesterday’s Gains
The ASX 200 holds onto most of yesterday's gains.
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Pre-Market Report – Tuesday 21 May: Tech Stocks Advance Ahead of Nvidia Results
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Pre-Market Report – Monday 20 May: Dow Jones Hits 40k
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End of Day Report – Friday 17 May: Banks and Industrials Falter
ASX 200 fell 67 points to 7814 (-0.9%) as broad-based losses after a huge run yesterday. Index up 0.84% this week. Banks eased back despite an 8.2% run in BEN after results beat expectations. The Big…
Pre-Market Report – Friday 17 May: After the Fire Comes the Rain | SPI Down 44
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly lower Thursday after briefly jumping above 40,000 for the first time. At its high of the day, the blue-chip average reached 40,051.05, the culmination…
End of Day Report – Thursday 16 May: Cracking Day on Jobs Data | Banks Hit Records
ASX 200 jumped 128 points (+1.7%) to 7881 as good US CPI and better-than-expected local jobs data created a tsunami of buying in large caps. Big banks closed higher, CBA was up 1.9% to fresh highs, a…
Pre-Market Report – Thursday 16 May: US CPI Softer-Than-Expected
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End of Day Report – Wednesday 15 May: Retail Winners From Budget | US CPI Awaits
ASX 200 finishes up 27 points to 7754 (+0.4%), basking in a warm post-budget glow. The main driver of the advance was retail stocks and BHP, which was buoyed by talk it may just walk from Anglo discu…
Pre-Market Report – Wednesday 15 May: Budget Fall Out | Winners in Retail and Mining
Wall Street ended higher overnight, near best levels in another lower volume trading session leading into CPI results tomorrow. Markets shrugged off a mixed reading on producer inflation, and Powell …
End of Day Report – Tuesday 14 May: Quiet Trade Ahead of US PPI and CPI
ASX 200 closed down 23 points at 7727 (0.3%). Sloppy quiet markets across the board with banks down modestly. The Big Bank Basket unchanged at $207.93. ANZ fell 0.7% with MQG falling 0.1% and insurer…
Pre-Market Report – Tuesday 14 May: BHP Gets Rejected Again | Budget in Focus
The 30-stock Dow posted its first losing session in nine at the end of Monday’s regular trading session, snapping what had been its longest daily win streak since December. The S&P 500 inched lower b…
End of Day Report – Monday 13 May: Waiting... Late Bank Push Helps
ASX 200 rose 1 point to 7750 in quiet pre-budget trade. Narrow trading range with banks weaker as ANZ and MQG went Ex Dividend. The Big Bank Basket up to $208.05 (+0.5%). Insurers tickled higher QBE …
Pre-Market Report – Monday 13 May: Quiet Day Ahead | Budget in Focus Tomorrow
Wall Street closed narrowly mixed after fresh data showed consumer sentiment fell to a six-month low and short-term inflation expectations picked up. Dow up 125 points (+0.32%), marking its eighth co…
End of Day Report – Friday 10 May: Banks and Gold Miners Rally | ASX 200 up 1.6% This Week
ASX 200 finished up 27 points at 7749 (+0.4%) for a 1.6% rise this week. Bargain hunting from oversold levels in the banks and industrials after the rout yesterday drove the market higher. The Big Ba…
Pre-Market Report – Friday 10 May: Dow up 7 Days Straight | Gold Jumps
Dow jumped 331.37 points, or 0.85%, to close at 39,387.76 and notch its longest win streak since a nine-day run in December. The S&P 500 added 0.51% to close at 5,214.08, while the Nasdaq Composite g…