The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is down 4.20 points today (10 September), to 8,805.90 points as at 10.20am AEST.
The index has gained 0.69% over the past five days and is 2.82% off its 52-week high.
The broader bourse session is mixed with eight performing higher this morning. The materials sector has declined by 0.10%.
Asian markets are expected to open lower this morning in line with the ASX.
The Dow Jones rose 0.4% to finish the trading day up 196 points to close at 45,711 points.
Earlier, markets in Europe had contrasting sessions as London’s FTSE rose and Germany’s DAX declined.
The Australian dollar is buying at US$0.65.
Gold is trading at US$3,629 ($4,964) per ounce with copper trading at US$4.50 per pound.
WTI Crude oil is selling for US$62.99 per barrel while Brent oil is higher at US$66.73 per barrel.
Iron ore is valued at US$106.08.
The S&P/ASX200 is Australia’s leading share market index and contains the top 200 ASX-listed companies in terms of market capitalisation, and accounts for about 80% of the country’s equity market.
The index is designed to measure the performance of the 200 largest index-eligible stocks listed on the ASX by float-adjusted market capitalisation.
It is recognised as the institutional investable benchmark in the country.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
Images: Australian Securities Exchange
