The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is 0.49% lower today (9 September), losing 43.70 points to 8,805.90 points as at 10.25am AEST.
The index has lost 1.06% over the past five days and is sitting 2.75% under its 52-week high.
All sectors are facing a mixed session with eight performing lower this morning. The materials sector has declined by 0.86% today, while the energy sector leads the drop by 2.93%.
Asian markets are expected to open lower this morning in line with the ASX.
The Dow Jones rose 0.3% to finish the trading day up 114 points to close at 45,515 points.
Earlier, markets in Europe had a stronger session as London’s FTSE rose and Germany’s DAX increased.
The Australian dollar is buying at US$0.65.
Gold is trading at US$3,637 ($5,510) per ounce with copper trading at US$4.50 per pound.
WTI Crude oil is selling for US$62.42 per barrel while Brent oil is higher at US$66.15 per barrel.
Iron ore is valued at US$104.93.
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
