AU Evening Wrap: Markets cheer UK tax backdown; stocks surge
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• ASX 200 closed up sharply Tuesday, gaining 114.80 points or 1.72% to 6,779.20.
• Top gainers: $Novonix (NVX.AU)$ $Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (TLX.AU)$ $Megaport Ltd (MP1.AU)$
• Top losers: $Coronado Global Resources Inc (CRN.AU)$ $Whitehaven Coal Ltd (WHC.AU)$ $Ebos Group Ltd (EBO.AU)$
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The share market logged its highest close in a week and a half after a UK government backdown on a controversial tax plan helped trigger a massive relief rally on Wall Street.
The gains followed an overnight surge in US stocks, and as strengthening US futures suggested more to come tonight. S&P 500 futures rallied more than 1.5 per cent this afternoon, inspiring the ASX 200 to close near a session high.
Growth stocks, REITs and other highly-geared sectors led as the cost of long-term borrowing retreated. Bank stocks rose after trading updates from US peers highlighted a sharp profit lift from interest rate rises.
The financial sector climbed 2 per cent to a two-month high after a trading update from Bank of America underscored the tailwinds for lenders from recent rate hikes. The US bank reported its net interest income jumped 24 per cent last quarter.
$National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB.AU)$ rallied 1.46 per cent, $ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ANZ.AU)$ 0.94 per cent and $Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBAPK.AU)$ 1.72 per cent. $Macquarie Group Ltd (MQG.AU)$ jumped 5.26 per cent.
Energy was the only sector to retreat, ignoring a modest rebound in crude overnight. $Santos Ltd (STO.AU)$ fell 1.19 per cent, $Woodside Energy Group Ltd (WDS.AU)$ 0.75 per cent and $Beach Energy Ltd (BPT.AU)$ 0.32 per cent.
Gold miner $St Barbara Ltd (SBM.AU)$ tumbled 21.64 per cent to a six-year low after downgrading guidance to reflect a production miss and a blowout in costs.
Gold miner $St Barbara Ltd (SBM.AU)$ tumbled 21.64 per cent to a six-year low after downgrading guidance to reflect a production miss and a blowout in costs.
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Source: Dow Jones Newswires, The Market Herald
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