22 Jul 2020 - It has been a negative day of trade for the ASX with the local bourse failing to gain momentum and closing 1.3% lower. Shares in Inghams dropped after reports their Victoria processing plant is in the middle of a Covid outbreak. Shares in Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG) did well today after reporting a 64 per cent increase in Syama Underground gold.
22 Jul 2020 - The ASX dropped at the open and is now tracking 1.3% lower at noon. Shares in Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG) are doing well today after reporting a 64% increase in Syama Underground gold. Meanwhile shares in Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) have dropped. As for the sectors today, leading the pack is Energy, the only sector in the green. Healthcare is falling behind. Health club Viva Leisure (ASX:VVA) are set to acquire Australian Fitness Management.
22 Jul 2020 - Lynas corp (ASX:LYC) released their quarter activities report showing production was temporarily shutdown in Malaysia and in Mt Weld as a consequence of the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) issued by the Malaysian government.
22 Jul 2020 - Insurance group QBE (ASX:QBE) has flagged a $750 million net statutory loss after tax for the first half of the year (1H20) primarily due to Covid.
22 Jul 2020 - Private toll road operator Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX) report traffic and revenue recovered materially as the second quarter of 2020 progressed particularly in France and Germany.
22 Jul 2020 - Baby Bunting Group (ASX:BBN) report total sales of approximately $405 million for financial year 2020, representing growth of around 12 per cent against the prior corresponding period.
22 Jul 2020 - Following a mixed response from US markets overnight, the ASX looks set to open lower this morning. The Australian dollar has pulled back from daily lows to rise over 71 cents to the US dollar. US President Donald Trump has warned the US that the coronavirus pandemic will probably 'get worse before it gets better'. Meridian Energy (ASX:MEZ) report that for the month national hydro storage decreased from 103 per cent to 75% of historical...
21 Jul 2020 - The Australian share market rose at the open and continued to rally throughout the day closing 2.6 per cent up at the end of trade. JobKeeper payments have been extended until March 2021 although both JobKeeper and JobSeeker wages will be reduced after September. Dreamworld's parent company Ardent Leisure (ASX:ALG) has been charged over the 2016 Thunder River Rapids Ride tragedy that killed four people.
21 Jul 2020 - The ASX rallied on the news the government will extend its Jobkeeper allowance until at the end of September to $1200 a fortnight for full-time workers and to $750 for part-time workers, down from the current single rate of $1500. The scheme is being extended until March 28 next year. The local bourse is tracking 1.2 per cent higher at noon.
21 Jul 2020 - Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:ALG) acknowledges that the Queensland Work Health and Safety Prosecutor has today filed in the Brisbane Magistrates Court three charges against Ardent Leisure arising from the Thunder River Rapids Ride tragedy in 2016.
