Ongoing clashes in the Ukraine and the West’s response to Russia continue to drive market sentiment.

After a big rally in the US on Friday where we saw S&P 500 rising by 2%, Australian shares closed by 0.44% higher today.

Investors are cautiously optimistic about the potential for a Russia-Ukraine dialogue, while digesting the likely impact of the latest round of sanctions imposed on Russia.

The US and European countries have practically smothered Russia’s ability to taps its funds overseas by cutting the country off from the SWIFT banking system, and freezing the assets of its central bank.

US 10-year treasury and Aussie yields have fallen through the afternoon session, signifying traders’ belief that central banks will not move as aggressively in the face of an ongoing war.

Oil has retreated to below US$100 at around US$98/barrel, while gold prices are back below the $1900 level as risk appetite returns, albeit temporarily.

On the ASX, Energy and Mining sectors were the top performers today, up by around 2%, while Financials was the worst, down almost 1%.

At the time of writing however, US stock futures are showing 2% lower.

BIG CAP WINNERS

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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
JLG Johns Lyng Group 7.61 8.1% 1,519,343 $1,824,733,321
BKL Blackmores Limited 80.95 7.5% 101,109 $1,459,827,566
LYC Lynas Rare Earths 10.15 6.1% 6,094,121 $8,636,078,572
BSL BlueScope Steel Ltd 20.17 5.9% 1,844,489 $9,338,528,770
AVZ AVZ Minerals Ltd 0.785 5.4% 31,683,273 $2,571,786,995
GNC GrainCorp Limited 8.395 4.9% 2,362,128 $1,830,845,024
ILU Iluka Resources 10.65 4.9% 1,729,693 $4,295,503,771
GOR Gold Road Res Ltd 1.525 4.8% 2,640,398 $1,283,850,017
CEN Contact Energy Ltd 7.54 4.7% 15,017 $1,772,551,346
ZIM Zimplats Holding Ltd 25.3 4.5% 5,545 $2,605,907,482
IVC InvoCare Limited 12.92 4.4% 522,113 $1,782,031,267
MPL Medibank Private Ltd 3.18 4.3% 6,894,188 $8,399,709,882
S32 South32 Limited 4.81 4.1% 13,149,721 $21,482,680,079
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Dicker Data (ASX:DDR) has continued its strong momentum, after reporting a calendar 2021 increase in net profit of 28% to $73.6m, as sales climbed 24.2% to $2.48 billion.

Dicker announced a dividend of 42c a share, but did not provide guidance.

BIG CAP LOSERS

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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
WTN Winton Land 3.2 -13.5% 8,371 $1,097,470,823
360 Life360 Inc. 5.17 -9.5% 2,309,708 $1,046,288,717
AX1 Accent Group Ltd 1.87 -6.5% 4,459,671 $1,083,733,430
FCL Fineos Corp Hold PLC 3.1 -6.1% 102,235 $1,053,132,739
TLX Telix Pharmaceutical 4.905 -5.5% 2,326,495 $1,599,558,939
CCP Credit Corp Group 30.47 -4.9% 161,259 $2,173,346,219
HSN Hansen Technologies 4.89 -4.7% 262,208 $1,029,446,001
SFR Sandfire Resources 6.69 -4.4% 3,877,125 $2,869,873,251
IAG Insurance Australia 4.59 -4.2% 11,427,800 $11,807,829,987
CDA Codan Limited 7.3 -3.8% 832,286 $1,372,909,067
SUN Suncorp Group Ltd 10.71 -3.8% 5,197,498 $14,052,793,383
DMP Domino Pizza Enterpr 79.15 -3.7% 651,802 $7,114,731,731
FLT Flight Centre Travel 17.51 -3.7% 2,378,512 $3,630,390,779
WEB Webjet Limited 5.3 -3.6% 2,472,604 $2,092,804,005
AZJ Aurizon Holdings Ltd 3.5 -3.6% 5,177,857 $6,681,755,455
BRN Brainchip Ltd 1.175 -3.3% 19,266,222 $2,082,950,005
XRO Xero Ltd 93.08 -3.3% 485,071 $14,338,982,540
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Real estate play Winton Land (ASX:WTN) was the biggest loser today, down 13.5%, after revising its half year results on Friday. The company has reaffirmed its FY22 NPAT guidance of $98.8m, after earlier reporting $8.8m.

Mobile app company Life360 Inc (ASX:360) was down by 9% on no news. Last week however, the company announced an EBITDA loss of US$(31.4)m (compared with US$(16.0)m in the pcp) on the back of rising revenue of US$112.6m.

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