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 – Tuesday 8th November
ASX 200 SPI Futures up 24 points.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded higher by 423.78 points, or 1.31%, to 32,827.00. The S&P 500 gained 0.96% to 3,806.80. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.85% to 10,5…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Monday 7th November
ASX 200 closed up 41 points at 6934 (+0.6%) in a quiet day as banks fell and resources rose. A solid day for resources which despite no easing in China, managed to do well. Asian markets better too h…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Monday 7th November
- Dow Jones up 402 in high volume (+1.26%). Down 62 at worst and up 610 at best. S&P 500 +1.34%. NASDAQ +1.28%. The US markets had a pretty shabby week last week with the Dow Jones down 1.4%, the NASDA…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Friday 4th November
ASX 200 up 35 points to 6893. Up 1.5% for the week. Australia outperformed the US markets this week, helped by a 113-point rise on Tuesday as the RBA went soft yet again with a 25bp rate rise. The RB…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Friday 4th November
Dow Jones down 147 points (-0.46%). Not a bad performance considering at one point it was down 421 points. It was up 38 points at best. NASDAQ down 1.73% (ouch) with the S&P 500 down 1.04%. The STOXX…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Thursday 3rd November
ASX 200 fell 129 points to 6858. Off lows but caution remains. Losses across the board with the Big Bank Basket down to $186.24 (-1.6%). MQG down 1.4% with insurers holding up as 10-year yields rose …
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 3rd November
The Fed offered little relief for investors overnight. Despite lifting rates by 75bps as expected, Jerome Powell's hawkish comments following the decision spooked the Dow Jones into a 505-point loss …
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Wednesday 2nd November
ASX 200 rose 10 points to 6987 (0.1%). A cautious day today ahead of Fed meeting outcome. 75bps the forecast, Q&A will be the focal point. A mixed sessions as banks eased, the Big Bank Basket up to …
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 2nd November
- The Dow Jones fell 80 points (-0.2%) overnight as the market prepares for the Fed Decision tonight. The Nasdaq had the biggest losses, down 97 points (-0.9%), and the S&P 500 fell 16 points (-0.4%). …
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 1st November
ASX 200 soared 113 points to 6977 (1.7%) as buyers emerged pre the RBA meeting and kicked a little higher after the central bank raised rates 25bps as widely anticipated. Banks led the charge higher…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Tuesday 1st November
US markets saw a little selling pressure last night with the Dow falling 128 points (-0.4%) at 32732. The S&P 500 fell 0.75% to finish at 3872. Nasdaq though fell harder with the index down 1.03% to …
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Monday 31st October
ASX 200 pushed another 78 points higher to 6864 (+1.2%) as Tech rebounded. Everything performing well except Resources and Energy. Banks pushed higher again as the Big Bank Basket rose to $186.77 (+1…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Monday 31st October
- Dow Jones up 829 points (2.59%) closing pretty much on its highs. NASDAQ up 2.87% after a 7.6% bounce in Apple and a 4% recovery in Microsoft after results this week. Intel also up 10.7% and Nvidia w…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Friday 28th October
ASX 200 finished the week down 59 points to 6786 (-0.9%) as resources fell hard on iron ore falls. For the week the index rose 1.6% with Banks better again as the Big Bank Basket rose to $184.42 (0.7…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Friday 28th October
- ASX SPI Futures down 26 points to 6813.
- The Dow climbed 194.17 points, or 0.6%, to end at 32,033.28 for its fifth day of wins driven by results from Caterpillar.
- The S&P 500 closed down 0.6%, ending th…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Thursday 27th October
ASX 200 pushed another 34 points higher to 6845 (0.5%) despite bank weakness after ANZ results. Six-week high. MQG tomorrow. The Big Bank Basket fell to $183.08 (0.1%). CBA managed a gain of 0.4% as…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Thursday 27th October
- ASX 200 SPI Futures up 26. Resources to shine. ANZ in focus. MQG Results.
- US equities were mixed in Wednesday trading. S&P and Nasdaq both finished lower after rallying for a third straight session on…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Wednesday 26th October
ASX 200 closed up 12 points to 6811 (0.2%) as caution crept in following worse than expected CPI numbers.7.3% is a big number and has sent economists to the models ahead of the RBA next week. Solid o…
Marcus Today Pre-Market Podcast – Wednesday 26th October
- ASX 200 SPI Futures up 56 points (0.8%)
- Dow Jones up 337 points (1.1%) near highs for the day. Three days of gains.
- Nasdaq up 247 points (2.3%)
- S&P 500 up 62 (1.6%)
- Google and Microsoft disappoint.
- Result…
Marcus Today End of Day Podcast – Tuesday 25th October
ASX 200 closed up 19 points to 6799 (0.3%) ahead of tonight’s budget and US results drop. Banks good, resources bad today. The Big Bank Basket closed at $183.33 (%) with CBA and NAB the best of the …