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ASX Market Close: Shares up through muted trade as Oz investors take a Chrissy break | Dec 27, 2024

The ASX 200 closed the Christmas week up 29 points (+0.35%), ending the festivities at 8,251 points, though trade was down somewhat through the holiday open day.This green close marks the third straight win for the Aussie markets around Christmas.Discretionary enjoyed the biggest bump, closing up...

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ASX News Market Summary

It’s been an undeniably slow year for IPOs, with just 25 fresh-faced debutants joining the Australian stock exchange through floats in 2024.That’s nearly half as little as 2023 when 44 companies rang the bell. Then, two years back, in 2022, the ASX saw 104 IPOs; th...

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ASX News From the Floor

With more than seven million users moving through HotCopper forums every year, there’s always bound to be some fireside chats @ and some companies and stocks definitely shaped as more discussed than others in 2024.Buy now, pay later player Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) was a clear standout on ...

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ASX News From the Floor

Of the 2,200 entities listed on the ASX in 2024, ten stood out by quite a distance on the HotCopper forums as the most-watched stocks of the year.From gas to financial brokers, biotech operators to lithium miners, and even a gold antimony play, the stocks that drew Hotcopper users&CloseCurlyQuote...

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ASX News From the Floor

Strike Energy (ASX:STX) was the most-watched stock on HotCopper in 2024 with more than 6.49 million views from users from January through to December.Perth-based energy and fertiliser company Strike had a rollercoaster calendar year that included everything from strong progress at its Erregulla D...

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ASX News From the Floor Energy Oil & Gas E&P

The Market Online’s Lyndsay Malchuk sat down with Lewis Black, President and CEO of Almonty Industries, a company who specializes in acquiring and optimizing distressed and underperforming tungsten operations and assets. Through this Capital Compass conversation, Canada&CloseCurly...

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Capital Compass World News

The ASX 200 is expected to open -0.09% lower this morning after a two-break from trading through the year’s Christmas celebrations and Boxing Day.The Australian landscape will likely stick quite close to the U.S. moves, where thin trading after Christmas led most stocks on the big...

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ASX News Market Summary

The ASX 200 ended on a positive closing note before Santa’s arrival (a fair bit) later this evening with a 0.29% gain, adding a short 24 points to 8,217.Real Estate was today’s top sector leader, ending the day up 0.82%, followed by Healthcare, which was up 0.8%, a...

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ASX News Market Summary

As Christmas comes closer, it may be a good idea to revise some of our thinking about spending during this period

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ASX News The Expert Exchange

If you had any large amount of money invested in bearish bets on just about anything in 2024, you probably by now regret it.

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ASX News The Expert Exchange

Paladin Energy (ASX:PDN) has completed the acquisition of Fission Uranium Corp six months after the $1.5 billion merger deal originally began, with the all-scrip deal netting final clearance just before the Christmas break.News came last week that Canadian regulators had green-lit the deal after ...

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ASX News Metals & Mining Steel Industrial Metals & Minerals Basic Materials

The ASX 200 is expected to stay ever so slightly in the green at open on Christmas Eve after the Wall Street Santa rush (mostly) ploughed on through weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence reported on Monday.The Magnificent Seven was responsible for most of the continuing upward trends in t...

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ASX News Market Summary

The ASX 200 closed a reasonable 1% up, at 8,200, as the week before Christmas brings what could really, actually, finally be a Santa Rally Down Under.Financials led the way at 4pm, up 2.11% to end the day, followed by Discretionary, up 1.95%, and Real Estate, up 1.94%. Every sector ended in the g...

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ASX News Market Summary