AU Evening Wrap: Australia shares lose 1.6%, slipping to weekly loss

Moomoo News AU wrote a column · Apr 22, 2022 01:51

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• ASX 200 closed 1.6% lower at 7473.3
• Top gainers: $Endeavour Group Ltd (EDV.AU)$, $Ramsay Health Care Ltd (RHC.AU)$, $CSL Ltd (CSL.AU)$
• Top losers: $Megaport Ltd (MP1.AU)$, $Paladin Energy Ltd (PDN.AU)$, $Oz Minerals Ltd (OZL.AU)$
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Australia's $S&P/ASX 200 (.XJO.AU)$ closed 1.6% lower at 7473.3, falling to a weekly loss after its worst day in two months snapped a five-session winning streak. Commodity, tech and financial stocks led losses as the benchmark followed U.S. indexes lower.

Shares of gold, iron ore and copper miners lost ground as the materials sector fell 3.3% to a four-week low.

Banks $ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ANZ.AU)$, $Westpac Banking Corp (WBC.AU)$, $National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB.AU)$ and $CommBank (CBA.AU)$ retreated between 0.8% and 2.75%, giving up some recent gains made amid expectations of interest-rate rises.

$Megaport Ltd (MP1.AU)$ led tech losses, falling 9.7% to a fresh two-year low.

S&P/ASX 200 Movers for Friday (4/22)