Market Close Commentary; 6 August 2020

2 min read | August 06, 2020 06:33 PM AEST | By Team Kalkine Media

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In the uncertain market, it has been a roller coaster ride for the benchmark index ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. After yesterday's loss, the benchmark index S&P/ASX200 ended in the green zone on 06 August 2020 at 6042.2 and was up by 0.68 per cent when compared with yesterday's closure of 6001.3. New cases reported in Australia in the last 24 hours are 739.

In the commodity section today, the Australian Dollar was up by 0.07 per cent and was trading at AUD 0.7196. Gold surged by 0.62 per cent and was trading at USD 2051.16, while Crude oil increased by 0.19 per cent, and was trading at USD 42.27 a barrel at AEST 02:57 PM.

On Wednesday, the Nasdaq Composite was up by 0.52 per cent, S&P 500 gained 0.64 per cent, and Dow Industrials added 1.39 per cent.

The stocks that performed the best during today's trading session are:

oOh!media Limited (ASX:OML), which traded at AUD 0.780, was up by 8.333 per cent.
Monadelphous Group Limited (ASX:MND) remained the second top gainer. It traded at AUD 8.550 and was up by 7.683 per cent.

The worst-performing stocks for today's session are:

ResMed Inc (ASX:RMD), which traded at AUD 25.880 and was down by 7.406 per cent.
Centuria Industrial REIT (ASX:CIP) traded at AUD 3.190, and was down by 3.625 per cent.

Look at the graph to view the five top performings and least performing stocks for today's market:

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