Author - Craig Foley

Martin Luther King Day leaves markets muted: ASX poised to open flat

21 Jan 2020 - A US holiday yesterday, Martin Luther King day, saw muted markets leaving the ASX poised to open flat. BHP (ASX:BHP) will release its half year operational review later this morning. Stay tuned for those results. On the commodities front, oil has risen despite a sluggish day yesterday due to a lack of volume because of the American holiday. Primewest (ASX:PWG) has acquired a high profile office building in West Perth and a Woolworths anchored shopping...

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New Energy Solar (ASX:NEW) considers expansion of asset sale: Aus shares 0.3% higher at noon

20 Jan 2020 - The Australian share market opened slightly lower this morning. It jumped in the first twenty minutes of trade, has been tracking sideways into the mid-session and is now tracking 0.3% higher. Shares in Nib Holdings (ASX:NHF) were hit hard this morning after the company downgraded its underlying operating profit by $30 million for the 2020 financial year.

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