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Markets live updates: ASX to jump as Wall St investors retreat from tech, Australian dollar slides
Australian shares are tipped to rise this morning after Wall Street ended its session higher as investors rotated out of technology and AI stocks.
The Australian dollar fell as much as 1.1 per cent overnight to its lowest level since early July following a weaker-than-expected jobs data, before recovering some ground.
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ASX set to jump at the open
Good morning everyone.
Welcome to the ABC's daily markets blog.
Lin here to take you through the business/finance news overnight and over the next few hours.
The ASX 200 is set to open higher at the market open, with Futures pointing up +1% to 8,839 points.
That's as Wall Street finishes Thursday trading higher, despite a sell-off in AI and tech stocks.
But for now, go grab yourself a coffee/tea/ juice and see you back here soon!
LoadingMarket snapshot
- ASX 200 Futures: +0.97% to 8,838 points
- Australian dollar: -0.7% to 69.18 US cents
- S&P 500: +0.38% to 7,748 points
- Nasdaq: +0.16% to 26,734 points
- FTSE: +1.08% to 10,840 points
- Stoxx600: +2.4% to 640 points
- Spot gold: +1.5% at $US4,167/ounce
- Brent crude: -0.25% to $US105.82/barrel
- Iron ore: -0.6% to $US89.95/tonne
- Bitcoin: +0.8% to $US82,346
Price current around 7AM AEDT
