Sharemarket Morning Reports

May 19th Morning Report
19 May, 9:56am
The US market closed lower on Monday as investors booked profits while surging Treasury yields and high oil prices fueled concerns that inflation and borrowing costs could stay elevated... More »

May 14th Morning Report
14 May, 9:58am
The US market closed higher on Wednesday with a boos from artificial intelligence-related tech shares, which helped markets look past hotter-than-expected inflation data ... More »

May 13th Morning Report
13 May, 9:46am
The US market closed lower on Tuesday, easing from record highs as hotter-than-expected inflation data and an increasingly tenuous US-Iran ceasefire prompted investors to take money off the table near the end of a robust first-quarter earnings season... More »

May 5th Morning Report
5 May, 10:01am
The US market closed lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 retreating from record highs, after a South Korean ship was hit by an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran demonstrated its grip on Middle East oil, dampening optimism about strong first-q... More »

May 1st Morning Report
1 May, 9:46am
The US market closed higher on Thursday and the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq logged their biggest monthly gains in years as solid corporate earnings offset the war-related oil supply shock that has rattled markets and sent crude prices to four-year highs... More »

April 30th Morning Report
30 Apr, 9:20am
The US market closed lower on Wednesday, as investors juggled spiking crude prices, the US Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision, and a quartet of hih-profile earnings released after the closing bell... More »

April 29th Morning Report
29 Apr, 9:05am
The US market closed lower on Monday, as investors took a breath at the top of an eventful week, with earnings, economic data, the US Federal Reserve's rate decision and the ebb and flow of Middle East tension... More »

April 28th Morning Report
28 Apr, 9:16am
The US market closed higher on Friday, bolstered by optimism for possible negotiations between the US and Iran to end their war and a surge in Intel shares that extended the rally in semiconductor stocks... More »

April 23rd Morning Report
23 Apr, 9:43am
The US market closed higher on Wednesday to send the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to closing records, after US President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran, with a round of solid corporate earnings providing addtional support for optimism... More »

April 22nd Morning Report
22 Apr, 9:53am
The US market closed lower on Tuesday, with early gains evaporating as renewed concerns about the Middle East war outweighed initial optimism over a round of solid corporate earnings... More »

April 21st Morning Report
21 Apr, 9:45am
The US market closed lower on Monday, with each of the three major indexes coming off a third straight week of gains, as renewed US-Iran tensions put the durability of a two-week ceasefire in question... More »

April 20th Morning Report
20 Apr, 9:15am
The US market closed higher on Friday, while the blue-chip Dow marked its highest finish since late February, as investors cheered Iran's decision to open th Strait of Hormuz and were optimistic it could reach a deal with the United States to end their wa... More »

April 16th Morning Report
16 Apr, 9:50am
The US market closed at a new record high on Wednesday, its first since the US-Iran conflict began, as hopes of a de-escalation in the war and robust earnings expectations drew investors back into risk assets... More »

April 14th Morning Report
14 Apr, 9:18am
The US market closed higher on Monday, as investors appeared hopeful that a resolution to the Middle East war could be found while they looked past the failed weekend talks between the US and Iran and monitored the start of the earnings reporting season... More »

April 13th Morning Report
13 Apr, 9:26am
The US market closed mixed on Friday, with investors pressing pause as they headed into the weekend and kept an eye on ongoing Middle East peace negotiations... More »

April 9th Morning Report
9 Apr, 9:11am
The US market closed sharply higher on Wednesday after a last-minute, two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran lifted investor sentiment... More »

April 8th Morning Report
8 Apr, 9:06am
The US market closed mixed on Tuesday amid signs of progress in negotiations as the minutes ticked down to President Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz... More »

April 7th Morning Report
7 Apr, 10:08am
The US market closed higher on Monday, as investors looked for signs of progress toward a US-Iran ceasefire deal and evaluated President Trump's progressively heated threats of escalation should Iran fail to reopen the Strait of Hormuz... More »

April 1st Morning Report
1 Apr, 10:00am
The US market closed higher on Tuesday, lifted by speculation about a potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has sent oil prices soaring and fueled fears of global inflation in recent weeks... More »

March 30th Morning Report
30 Mar, 9:11am
The US market closed tumled on Friday, with each of the three major US indexes closing at their lowest levels in over seven months and the Dow confirming it was in correction territory as the month-long Middle East war continued to supress risk appetite... More »