• The ASX fell modestly on Friday, and was flattish for the week
  • Tech weighed heavily, down by almost 3pc
  • Energy stocks meanwhile finished mostly higher

 

Local shares slipped -0.2% on Friday as the ASX 200 finished flattish for the week.

Tech stocks were the main drag in today’s session as the the ASX 200 XIJ (Tech Index) fell by almost 3%, tracking Nasdaq’s 2% drop overnight.

The tech selloff was broad brushed, but Weebit Nano (ASX:WBT) and Xero (ASX:XRO) were hit the most, down by -4% each.

Energy and Staples sectors meanwhile overperformed everyone else.

In the Energy sector, Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) gained 2% and coal miner Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) lifted 1.5%.

Flight Centre (ASX:FLT) was the best large cap today, up by over 3% on no specific news.

The two worst large cap performers were Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) and Cettire (ASX:CTT) – both losing 8%.

Meanwhile, analysts at CBA said they have reaffirmed their view that iron ore will fall to US$100/tonne by Q4 this year, citing easing in China’s steel demand.

Elsewhere, gold stocks mainly dropped today as a stronger US dollar weighed on the yellow metal price, which was trading at US$1,969.89 at 3pm AEST.

And despite being in the earnings season, earnings updates from large cap stocks were few and far between.

Looking ahead to tonight’s Wall Street session, companies to report their earnings include BNY Mellon and Republic First Bancorp.

 

BIG CAP WINNERS

Swipe or scroll to reveal the full table. Click headings to sort.

Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
INA Ingenia Group 4.09 4.21 282,924 $1,597,726,395
CRN Coronado Global Res 1.65 2.49 3,461,988 $2,690,708,237
FLT Flight Centre Travel 22.19 2.47 1,686,766 $4,721,338,039
EDV Endeavour 6.04 2.20 3,403,212 $10,584,691,900
PSI Psc Insurance Ltd 4.74 2.16 57,508 $1,650,373,393
MMS McMillan Shakespeare 18.62 1.86 115,894 $1,273,074,479
DBI Dalrymple Bay 2.74 1.86 121,042 $1,333,598,884
TWE Treasury Wine Estate 11.18 1.78 1,703,891 $7,925,892,972
MND Monadelphous Group 13.00 1.60 125,527 $1,234,296,392
GQG GQG Partners 1.65 1.54 583,366 $4,798,308,830
QBE QBE Insurance Group 15.83 1.47 1,708,031 $23,276,529,791
CIP Centuria I REIT 3.17 1.44 732,277 $1,980,983,581
WDS Woodside Energy 36.38 1.41 2,335,216 $68,108,154,286
WOW Woolworths Group Ltd 38.97 1.41 1,196,934 $46,834,720,089
GNC GrainCorp Limited 8.08 1.38 553,552 $1,787,965,866
Wordpress Table Plugin

Coal producer Coronado Global (ASX:CRN) rose after providing a quarterly report.

Group sales volumes for the June quarter were 4 Mt, up 8.3% compared to the March quarter. Group Revenue was $1,493 million in the half, and June quarter group revenue was $728 million.

 

BIG CAP LOSERS

Swipe or scroll to reveal the full table. Click headings to sort.

Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
CTT Cettire 3.11 -8.80 716,608 $1,300,022,330
MIN Mineral Resources. 70.01 -7.61 1,903,030 $14,737,743,202
NCM Newcrest Mining 26.18 -5.32 2,538,226 $24,725,479,740
WBT Weebit Nano Ltd 5.70 -5.16 814,660 $1,126,637,238
PRU Perseus Mining Ltd 1.72 -4.31 3,348,555 $2,462,376,330
SEK Seek Limited 23.26 -4.00 464,770 $8,631,215,204
BGL Bellevue Gold Ltd 1.47 -3.93 1,393,233 $1,723,523,782
PLS Pilbara Min Ltd 4.90 -3.92 22,623,192 $15,290,756,153
CXO Core Lithium 0.88 -3.83 6,337,706 $1,700,542,867
SDR Siteminder 3.54 -3.80 80,892 $1,012,243,270
NAN Nanosonics Limited 4.65 -3.73 450,668 $1,460,185,121
XRO Xero Ltd 122.53 -3.67 210,047 $19,256,273,887
DEG De Grey Mining 1.39 -3.65 1,790,206 $2,248,636,687
STX Strike Energy Ltd 0.44 -3.33 1,076,981 $1,139,198,273
GOR Gold Road Res Ltd 1.59 -3.19 2,028,581 $1,774,003,188
AKE Allkem Limited 15.99 -3.12 2,807,829 $10,521,358,419
EVN Evolution Mining Ltd 3.61 -3.09 5,201,075 $6,826,260,707
Wordpress Table Plugin

Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) fell -5% following soft earnings reported by its takeover bidder Newmont Corporation.

Overnight, Newmont fell 6% after reporting that Q2 gold production dropped 17% from a year earlier as the company missed analysts’ estimates.