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Highlights
- The ASX 200 benchmark index closed in the green today (January 4), gaining 105.70 points or 1.52% to end the day at 7,051.90 points.
- The index has lost 0.49% over the last five days and 7.09% over the last 52 weeks.
- IT emerged as the biggest gainer, jumping 2.70% followed by financial which was up 2.29%.
The ASX 200 benchmark index closed in the green today (January 4), gaining 105.70 points or 1.52% to end at 7,051.90 points.
Key pointers from ASX closing today
- Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX:SYA) and Brainchip Holdings Ltd (ASX:BRN) gained the most on the ASX today, moving ahead 9.21% and 8.39%, respectively.
- ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:ANZ) and Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:VEA) fell 2.75% and 2.62%, respectively.
- The index has lost 0.49% over the last five days and 7.09% over the last 52 weeks.
- IT emerged as the biggest gainer, jumping 2.70% followed by financial which was up 2.29%.
- The All-Ordinaries Index gained 1.53%.
Global markets
Following yesterday's gloomy start to the year, an ASX recovery was made possible by a late partial recovery in the US.
The S&P 500 lost 15.36% to 3,824.14. The Dow Jones was 0.033% down to 33,136.37. The NASDAQ Composite decreased 0.76% to 10,386.98, and the small-cap Russell 2000 fell 0.60% to 1,750.73.
In Asia, Asia Dow was 2.26% up, Shanghai Composite in China jumped 0.079% and Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 2.31% while Nikkei in Japan fell 1.30% at 4.11 PM AEDT.
Bond yields
Australia’s 10-year bond yield stood at 3.91% as of 4.12 PM AEDT.
In commodities markets
Crude Oil WTI was spotted trading at US$76.61/bbl, while brent price was noted at US$81.79/bbl at 4.13 PM AEDT.
Gold price was US$1846.14 an ounce, copper price was noted at US$3.78/Lbs, and iron ore was at US$117.00/T at 4.13 PM AEDT.
