Markets are ending 2023 on a hot streak. All three indexes are on pace for a ninth consecutive weekly gain. For the S&P 500, that would mark the longest streak since January 2004. The index is now within 0.3 per cent of its all-time high, set in January 2022.
澳洲市场观察
Australia's sharemarket is on track to record its best return since 2021, on track for an 8.2 per cent annual advance in the last session of 2023.
The$S&P/ASX 200 (.XJO.AU)$slipped 0.4 per cent, or 30.2 points to 7585.1 at the start of Friday's session as commodity prices edged lower overnight, snapping a two-day rally. It is within 60 points of the record high set in August 2021. Ten out of the 11 sectors were in the red.