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 – Monday 26 Feb: Results to dominate, M&A rumours too
- Dow up 62. NASDAQ -0.28%. S&P 500 +0.03%.
- Big Tech calmed down overnight on Friday but didn’t sell off particularly.
- Nvidia up 0.36% - hit a $2 trillion market cap. Now the fourth biggest company in th…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Friday 23rd February
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Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Friday 23rd February
The S&P 500 and the Dow reached record highs overnight, driven by growth and tech stocks following Nvidia's strong earnings and outlook. The Dow Jones rose by 4567 points (+1.18%), the S&P 500 gained…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Thursday 22nd February
ASX 200 rose 3 points today to 7611 as Nvidia and results were the focus. Banks eased across the board, insurers mixed SUN up 0.8%. The Big Bank Basket down to $201.82(0.2%). MQG slightly higher, up …
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 22nd February
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 48.44 points, or 0.13%, settling at 38,612.24. The S&P 500 gained 0.13% to end at 4,981.80. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.32% to close at 15,580.87.
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Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Wednesday 21st February
ASX 200 fell 51 points to 7608 (+0.7%) as results the focus. CBA ex-dividend sent the Big Bank Basket down slightly to $202.22 (-1%), knocking some points off the index, too. ANZ recovered 0.8% of th…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 21st February
Wall Street began the holiday-shortened week lower in a quiet day of trade, with the S&P 500 down 0.6%, NASDAQ off 0.92%, while the Dow Jones hovered around flatline (-0.17%). NASDAQ weighed down by …
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 20th February
ASX 200 slips slightly by 6 points to 7659 (0.1%). Big day again for results, ANZ also got the green light for its SUN Banking business acquisition. Good for SUN, not maybe so good for ANZ down 2.2% …
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Tuesday 20th February
US Markets Closed for Presidents Day
ASX to open flat. SPI Futures up 1 point (+0.01%).
- Base metals mixed, Nickel flat, Aluminium -0.81%, Zinc +1.05%, Lead -0.92%, and Tin -1.80%.
- Copper prices fell 0.5…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Monday 19th February
ASX 200 finished slightly higher by 7 points to 7666 (0.1%) in a quiet day. Results once again dominated as US market closed tonight for Presidents' Day. Resources were the steadying influence today …
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Monday 19th February
US equities fell overnight, with the NASDAQ leading the losses, as a hotter-than-expected producer prices report tempered expectations for immediate interest rate cuts by the Fed. The S&P 500 fell by…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Friday 16th February
ASX 200 finished up 53 points to 7658 (0.7%) off early highs but still a very solid day. Up 10 points for the week. Most cylinders firing today, Banks firm as usual with the Big Bank Basket up to $20…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Friday 16th February
US stocks closed higher on Thursday as retail sales data disappointed, fuelling expectations of potential interest rate cuts by the Fed in the coming months. The S&P 500 rose by 0.58%, the NASDAQ by …
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Thursday 15th February
ASX 200 made up yesterday’s losses closing up 58 points to 7601 (+0.8%). First ‘Super Thursday’ of results. BHP lost 1.7% on a huge write-down on nickel assets (more like liabilities) and Samarco iss…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 15th February
The 500-stock index advanced 0.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 82 points, or 0.2%.
Six of the seven Magnificent Seven tech stocks were higher, thou…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Wednesday 14th February
ASX 200 fell 56 points bouncing off 7500 to close at 7538 (-0.7%). Results and broker talk dominated again with a negative lead from Wall Street colouring the landscape. Banks under pressure followin…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 14th February
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 524.63 points, or 1.35%, to close at 38,272.75 in its worst session since March 2023 on a percentage basis. At its lows, the 30-stock index sunk 757.52 points, o…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 13th February
ASX 200 slipped 11 points to close at 7606 (-0.2%) as results dominated. CSL and MQG were a little disappointing but off lows, JHX dropped 8.5% on a slightly bearish update for Q3, and SEK also suffe…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Tuesday 13th February
Stocks in the US remained relatively steady, with all three major indices holding near record highs ahead of the upcoming US CPI release. The NASDAQ briefly surpassed its previous closing high from N…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Monday 12th February
ASX 200 falls 30 points to 7615 (0.4%) as a CSL drug trial fails. A Phase III trial for CSL saw the stock down 4.8% with RMD off 1.4%. Industrials solid with good results from JBH lifting the retail …