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
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 13th July
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Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 12th July
US markets closed higher overnight, extending gains for the second session and ending just off best levels after rallying the last hour of trade. Dow Jones up 317 points (+0.93%). Dow at best up 344 …
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 11th July
ASX 200closed up 105 points to 7109 (+1.5%), lifted by mining and gold stocks snapping a four-day losing streak with all sectors in positive territory. Gold miners outperformed today as gold prices f…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Tuesday 11th July
Wall Street ended higher overnight in a muted day of trade ahead of CPI data Wednesday. Dow Jones up 210 points (+0.62%). Dow at best up 223 points. Dow at worst down 29 points. S&P 500 up 0.24%. NAS…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Monday 10th July
ASX 200closed down 38 points to 7004 (-0.5%) after a jump of 42 points at the opening bell, rebounding from last week’s sell-off before the market turned lower on weak consumer inflation data from Ch…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Monday 10th July
Stocks fell on Friday, and finished lower for the week, as Wall Street struggled to shake off fears that the Federal Reserve may start hiking rates again later this month.
The S&P 500 lost 0.29% to en…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Friday 7th July
ASX 200 fell 121-points to 7042 (1.7%). Another soggy end to the week. ASX 200 down 2.2% for the week. Losses across the board from the open, banks hit hard with the Big Bank Basket down to $168.52 …
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Friday 7th July
US markets closed sharply lower overnight in a broad sell-off after fresh jobs data indicated a strong labor market boosting yields and fanned fears that the Fed will be more aggressive in hiking rat…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Thursday 6th July
Blood on the streets on ASX 200 today, closingdown 90 points to 7163 (-1.2%), as investors exercised caution after the FOMC meeting minutes reaffirmed expectations that interest rates would remain hi…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 6th July
US stocks closed lower overnight following July 4th Independence Day holiday as the market digests the latest FOMC meeting minutes, trade barriers from China and oil output cuts from OPEC+. The Dow J…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Wednesday 5th July
ASX 200closed down 26 points to 7253 (-0.4%), letting go of yesterday’s gains, snapping a three-day advance. Financials weighed on the market, with significant losses in the banking sector. NAB -0.8%…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 5th July
Global stock market trading was light overnight, with US markets closed for the Independence Day holiday. European markets muted in thin trading overnight, with indices ending around session lows. ST…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 4th July
The ASX 200rallied 33 points to 7279 (+0.5%), bouncing back from 7,232 lows following the RBA’s decision to hold rates at 4.1%. The Aussie dollar fell 0.2% to 66.58c, and the 2Y yield was virtually u…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Tuesday 4th July
Wall Street closes higher overnight in a holiday-shortened session kicking off the second half of the year on a positive note ahead of the US July 4th holiday. Dow Jones virtually unchanged, up 11 po…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Monday 3rd July
ASX 200 closed up 43 points to 7246 (+0.6%), supported by a rise in commodity prices, starting the new financial year off in the positive, extending gains from the previous session. At best ASX 200 u…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Monday 3rd July
Dow Jones up 285 points (+0.84%). Up 345 at best. Up 148 at worst. NASDAQ +1.45%. S&P 500 +1.24%. One newswire describes the last day of the half-year as the “Cherry on Top”.
SPI Futures are up 29. Th…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Friday 30th June
ASX 200 closed with a modest gain of 0.12% to 7203, up 8 points as EOFY came and went. For the week the index is up 103 points or 1.5%. A mixed session with Resources slightly firmer, BHP up 0.1% and…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Friday 30th June
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Thursday as big bank names gained after passing the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test, and a revised upward GDP print alleviated some recession fears on Wa…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Thursday 29th June
ASX 200 closed down 2 points to 7195, sinking from early gains after Retail sales show signs of resistance, coming in at 0.7% for May compared to 0.1% forecast. Consumer discretionary had an obvious …
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 29th June
US equities finished mixed overnight. Blue chip Dow Jones closed down 72 points (-0.22), weighed down by healthcare stocks. Dow at worst down 171 points. S&P 500 was essentially unchanged, down 0.04%…