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
Breakfast Briefing – Tue 5 July
US markets are closed for July 4th Independence Day holiday. SPI Futures are up a single point this morning, muted ahead of the RBA interest rate decision today at 2:30 pm.
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End of Day – Mon 4 July
- y ASX 200 rose 73 points to 6613 (1.1%) ahead of the RBA meeting tomorrow with the US markets closed tonight for Independence Day. Banks were the stand-out together with healthcare and industrials, T…
Breakfast Briefing Mon 4 July
- ASX 200 SPI futures up 96 points.
- Dow up 322 points (1.1%)
- Nasdaq up 99 points (0.9%)
- Iron ore falls. Gold eases.
- Oil up 2.4%. Base metals fall slightly
- RBA in focus.
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Breakfast Briefing – Fri 1 July
A night for record-breaking in the US. Unfortunately, they weren’t good records. The worst first half for the S&P 500 since 1970, worst first half for the Dow since 1962 and the NASDAQ saw its worst …
End of Day – Thur 30 Jun
- ASX 200 finished the year down in the dumps down 132 points to 6568 (2.0%). More undressing than window dressing. Late sell off as funds took out the trash. Sloppy across the board. Banks were hit a…
Breakfast Briefing – Thu 30 June
Not a lot of action overnight, the Dow finished barely positive, up 82 points (+0.27%), while the S&P and NASDAQ were unchanged. SPI Futures are indicating a muted day of trade for the end of financi…
End of Day – Wed 29 June
The ASX 200 closed down 63 points to 6700 (-0.9%). The market made a small recovery through the second half of the session but still finished in the red. Institutional portfolio rebalancing, as we ap…
Breakfast Briefing – Wed 29 June
Big tech stocks took a tumble as US markets saw their second consecutive losing session overnight. The catalyst was weak economic data which fueled more fears of a recession. The Dow fell 491 points …
End of Day – Tue 28 Jun
ASX 200 up another 58 points to 6764 (+0.9%) as the grind higher continues. Late kick helps as US futures rally hard. Resources took up the baton today with iron ore producers pushing ahead. BHP up 4…
Breakfast Briefing – Tue 28 June
SPI futures are flat this morning as the market pumps the breaks a bit following a volatile session in the US. The Dow finished down 62 (-0.2%) points after being up 98 and down 149 during trade.
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End of Day – Mon 27 Jun
- ASX 200 jumped on better US markets with the index closing up 127 points (1.9%) as buyers rushed in and window dressing for EOFY took hold. Banks were the major drivers with the Big Bank Basket gain…
Breakfast Briefing – Mon 27 June
Our market is set to start the week on a strong note with SPI Futures up 103 points (+1.59%) following strong leads from the US on Friday night. The Dow finished up 823 points (+2.68%). Get up to spe…
End of Day – Fri 24 June
- ASX 200 finished the week up 50 points to 6579 (0.8%) as US futures rose and industrials firmed. Positive week for the ASX up 104 points (1.6%). The banks were mixed today as the bond yields collapse…
Breakfast Briefing – Fri 24 June
- ASX 200 SPI Futures down 8 points to 6416
- Dow up 194 points (0.6%)
- Nasdaq up 179 points (1.6%)
- S&P500 up 36 (1.0%)
- Powell finishes testimony. US 10 year yields fall back to 3.08%
- Oil falls 1.5%. Gold down…
End of Day – Thu 23 June
ASX 200 rose 20 points to 6528 (0.3%) in a quiet and cautious day. Once again, the market bifurcated with resources under pressure and banks and industrials rising as 10-year bond yields fell hard on…
Breakfast Briefing – Thu 23 June
- ASX 200 SPI Futures down 47 points (0.15%)
- Nasdaq down 16 points (0.15%)
- S&P 500 down 5 points (0.13%) VIX down 4.1%
- Base metals ease. Nickel down 5.9%
- Iron ore down another 1.5% Gold unchanged.
- Oil fall…
End of Day – Wed 22 June
- ASX 200 falls 15 points to 6509 (0.2%) after a strong start peters out. Base metals and lithium shares walloped today with PLS down 2.8% and CXO down 15.4% with S32 off 1.7% and LYC down 4.3%. Iron o…
Breakfast Briefing – Wed 22 June
- ASX 200 SPI Futures up 48 points
- Dow up 641 points (2.2%)
- Nasdaq up 271 points (2.5%)
- S&P 500 up 90 points (2.5%)
- Oil up 0.5%. Gold unchanged.
- Base metal steady. Iron ore slightly better.
- US Banks very fir…
End of Day – Tue 21 June
- The ASX 200 closed up 90 points (+1.4%) to 6524, the market rallied through the day although finished off highs. The market was little changed by Philip Lowes's RBA speech and minutes from the June m…
Breakfast Briefing – Tue 21 June
US markets were closed overnight for the Juneteenth Holiday. Our leads are coming from Europe today, with bank stocks leading European markets higher. SPI Futures are up 47 points (+0.74%). Catch up …