Sharemarket Morning Reports

May 15th Morning Report
15 May, 9:46am
The US markets closed slightly higher on Wednesday after flitting between gains and losses during Wednesday's session as investors waited for the next batch of economic data after a robust start to the week spurred by soft inflation data and a US-China ta... More »

May 14th Morning Report
14 May, 9:52am
The US markets closed higher on Tuesday for a second straight day after softer-than-expected inflation numbers added to investor optimism from Monday when the US and China announced a trade truce... More »

May 12th Morning Report
12 May, 9:47am
The US markets closed flat on Friday after oscillating between slight gains and declines, as investors gauged President Donald Trump's comments on Chinese tariffs ahead of weekend trade talks between the two countries... More »

May 9th Morning Report
9 May, 9:44am
The US markets closed higher on Thursday as investors cheered a new trade agreement hammered out between the United States and Britain, while US President Donald Trump signaled upcoming talks with China would be more substantial than initially thought... More »

May 8th Morning Report
8 May, 9:51am
The US markets closed higher on Wednesday in choppy trading, buoyed as semiconductor stocks rallied late on a report that regulations on artificial intelligence chips would be loosened... More »

May 7th Morning Report
7 May, 9:44am
The US markets closed lower on Tuesday as comments from US President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided little clarity to the timeline for any trade deals... More »

May 5th Morning Report
5 May, 9:52am
The US markets closed higher on Friday, notching the second straight week of gains, helped by strong economic data and potential easing of trade tensions between the US and China... More »

May 2nd Morning Report
2 May, 9:49am
The US markets closed higher on Thursday, with Dow and S&P 500 posting their eighth straight session of gains after strong results from megacaps Microsoft and Meta eased concerns about artificial intelligence spending... More »

May 1st Morning Report
1 May, 9:57am
The US markets closed higher after a late rally on Wednesday, erasing declines from most of the session after data showed the economy contracted in the first quarter for the first time in three years... More »

April 30th Morning Report
30 Apr, 9:56am
The US markets closed solidly in positive territory on Tuesday, after seesawing between modest gains and losses in choppy trading as investors assessed the latest round of corporate earnings, economic data and changes on the trade policy front... More »

April 29th Morning Report
29 Apr, 9:52am
The US markets closed a choppy session nearly unchanged on Monday, weighed down by megacaps as investors awaited several catalysts including key economic data and earnings from some of the largest US companies... More »

April 28th Morning Report
28 Apr, 9:45am
The US markets advanced on Friday, notching weekly gains as investors parsed a spate of earnings and looked for signs of easing tensions in the US-China trade dispute... More »

April 24th Morning Report
24 Apr, 9:42am
The US markets advanced on Wednesday on revived hopes for progress in the US-China trade dipute and as President Donald Trump soothed fears the Federal Reserve could lose its autonomy... More »

April 23rd Morning Report
23 Apr, 9:48am
The US markets rebounded on Tuesday as a spate of quarterly earnings reports and hints at the de-escalation of US-China trade tensions brought buyers in from the sidelines... More »

April 17th Morning Report
17 Apr, 10:00am
The US markets closed sharply lower on Wednesday as Nvidia warned steep charges from new US curbs on its chip exports to China and as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said US economic growth appears to be slowing... More »

April 16th Morning Report
16 Apr, 9:54am
The US markets closed slightly lower on Tuesday as tariff uncertainty stayed high and shares of consumer and healthcare companies eased, while upbeat results from banks provided some support... More »

April 15th Morning Report
15 Apr, 9:38am
The US markets closed higher on Monday, with Apple giving the S&P 500 a strong boost as the White House exempted smartphones and computers from new tariffs... More »

April 14th Morning Report
14 Apr, 9:38am
The US markets closed higher on Friday as big banks kicked off first-quarter earnings season and investors closed the book on a turbulent week of wild swings driven by the chaos of US President Donald Trump's multi-front trade war... More »

April 11th Morning Report
11 Apr, 10:00am
The US markets closed lower on Thursday on mounting worries over the economic impact of US President Donald Trump's multi-front tariff war... More »

April 10th Morning Report
10 Apr, 9:40am
The US markets closed sharply higher on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump declared a 90-day tariff pause for many countries, effective immediately, bringing some relief to investors worried about the global economic impact of US trade policies... More »