ASX All Ords gets back in the hunt for 12-month high
Date
8/24/2016 1:59:00 AM
(MENAFN- ProactiveInvestors - Australia)
The Australian equity market charged higher today, despite mixed leads from Wall Street overnight.
The ASX All Ordinaries is now within sight of a 12-month high.
Today the benchmark climbed 0.6% to 5647 and is less than 1% away from a new record for the period.
BLUE CHIP ROUND-UP Major miners
BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) up 0.5% to $21.05; Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) up 1.9% to $4.90; Newcrest (ASX:NCM) up 0.9% to $23.99; Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) down 0.2% to $49.08.
Energy or Oil and Gas
Oil Search (ASX:OSH) down 0.8% to $7.38; Santos (ASX:STO) down 0.4% to $4.50; Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) down 0.6% to $29.14.
Big 4 banks
ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) up 1.1% to $26.92; Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) up 0.9% to $73.76; National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) up 1.0% to $27.55; Westpac (ASX:WBC) up 1.5% to $30.42.
Other banks, financials and industrials
AMP (ASX:AMP) down 0.1% to $5.39; Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) up 1.1% to $10.36; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) down 0.4% to $10.77; Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) up 1.0% to $80.21; Suncorp (ASX:SUN) up 0.3% to $12.91; Telstra (ASX:TLS) up 0.6% to $5.48.
Retailers
JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) up 1.3% to $29.90; Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) up 0.8% to $43.60; Woolworths (ASX:WOW) up 0.1% to $24.13. <
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.