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Australian Stock Market News & Analysis

Global Markets Report - 29 April
29 April 2024

Australian shares are set to open higher, after big tech lifted US benchmarks.

ASX futures were up 0.3% or 24 points as of 8:00am on Monday, suggesting a higher open.

Gains by large-cap technology shares drove major indexes higher despite another firm inflation reading.

DJIA gained 153 points, or 0.4%, to 38239, the S&P 500 rose 1% to 5099 and the Nasdaq jumped 2% to 15927.

In commodity markets, Brent crude oil was up 0.6% to US$89.50 a barrel, while gold was up 0.2% at US$2,337.96.

In local bond markets, the yield on Australian 2 Year government bonds was up at 4.18% while the 10 Year yield was also up at 4.52%. US Treasury notes were down, with the 2 Year yield at 4.99% and the 10 Year yield at 4.66%.

The Australian dollar was 65.30 US cents. The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index, which tracks the US dollar against 16 other currencies, was up at 100.62.


Price/fair value

Country
Current
1 year ago
Australia 1.02 0.97
New Zealand 0.94 1.00

Markets

Index
Last price
Change
% Change
All Ordinaries 7,906.60 69.20 0.88%
CAC 40 8,076.34 11.90 -0.15%
DAX 40 18,137.41 23.60 -0.13%
Dow JONES (US) 38,330.84 91.18 0.24%
FTSE 100 8,157.12 17.29 0.21%
HKSE 17,746.91 95.76 0.54%
NASDAQ 15,972.72 44.82 0.28%
Nikkei 225 37,934.76 306.28 0.81%
NZX 50 Index 11,916.24 111.15 0.94%
S&P 500 5,114.02 14.06 0.28%
S&P/ASX 200 7,637.40 61.50 0.81%
SSE Composite Index 3,113.04 24.41 0.79%