The S&P/Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 200 index has dropped today (25 September) to end trading this week, bringing the materials sector lower.
The S&P/ASX200 has lost 59.20 points or 0.68%, bringing the index to a total of 8,642.80 points.
From the 11 sectors, seven are performing lower, including the materials sector which has dropped 0.95% today.
This retreat isn’t stopping some junior explorers, who are performing higher right before the week’s end.
Great Boulder Resources (ASX:GBR) has jumped 12.63% this morning, with shares now offered at $0.102 each.
The company is now in a trading halt, with 1.97 billion shares currently on issue and a market capitalisation of $179.53 million.
Meanwhile, Zeotech (ASX:ZEO) has increased its share price by almost 3%, with shares offered at $0.069 this morning.
The company has 2.057 billion shares on issue and a market capitalisation of $141.95 million.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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