End of Day Report – Thursday 29 August: ASX drops 26 | Results and resources

ASX 200 fights back to be down only 26 points to 8048 (-0.3%). Plenty of R&R today. Results and resources. Banks were firm as usual. The playbook remains the same even as CEOs appear in Canberra. CBA up 0.2% and NAB striding ahead with a 0.6% gain. The Big Bank Basket up to $237.86 (+0.4%). Other financials also slightly firmer, with MQG up 0.7% and ASX up 1.1%. REITs mixed, GMG down 0.5% and GPT up 0.6%. Industrials were weak, led lower by WES, down 4.1%, with outlook statement weighing. WOW fell 2.4% on numbers and reaction, retail slightly lower, JBH down 0.7% and LOV fell another 2.6% on broker verdicts. WEB fell 5.6% on broker downgrades following annual report. Tech better, WTC up 0.8% and XRO up 1.1%, with the All-Tech Index down 0.15%. Resources once again a graveyard, BHP fell 0.6% RIO off 0.8%, with FMG rising slightly on better broker commentary. Gold miners sold off hard, RED down 12.3% on worse-than-expected results, DEG down 2.0% and BGL falling 4.5%. Lithium was depressed again with PLS down 3.0% and MIN falling 8.1% on a dividend miss and higher debt. Uranium and coal stocks also on the nose. In results today, QAN in rehab up 0.8%, CTT in the doghouse after soft numbers down 20.0%, SLX cratered down 13.0%, and CUV rose 10.9% on its numbers. BGA rose cream-like to the top up 9.4%, and SXG also in demand. On the economic front, nothing really significant ahead of US PCE. Asian markets dead, Japan unchanged%, HK up 0.1% and China off 0.4%. 10-year yields rose to 3.95%.

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