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Market Wrap: Tech sell off and rising oil prices send market lower
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Market Wrap: Tech sell off and rising oil prices send market lower

ASX slips 0.2% as tech sell-off and oil above US$112 weigh; Zip plunges 26.8% on rising losses and a US fraud hit.

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Market Wrap: Market Sharply Weaker As War Hostilities Resume
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Market Wrap: Market Sharply Weaker As War Hostilities Resume

ASX 200 plunges 1.5% on renewed US-Iran hostilities as oil spikes over $100; banks and energy hammered, Tabcorp shares dive 14%.

Weekly Wrap: Strong Week Despite Late Fade
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Weekly Wrap: Strong Week Despite Late Fade

ASX up 4.4% for the week; strongest since Oct 2022, despite Friday fade. Magellan-Barrenjoey merger approved; Telix jumps on US regulator nod; Iran talks ahead.

Weekly Wrap: ASX investors pondering a heap of variables over Easter
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Weekly Wrap: ASX investors pondering a heap of variables over Easter

ASX ends Easter week near 1% higher amid oil spikes and Trump-Iran tensions; energy trims losses while tech slides, awaiting post-holiday trading.

Weekly Wrap: Shares fall another 2.6% for the week as conflict worsens
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Weekly Wrap: Shares fall another 2.6% for the week as conflict worsens

ASX 200 slides 2.6% this week to 8,617 as Iran-Israel conflict lifts oil above $100; NST and SYR plunge, while EOS soars on a Middle East contract.

Weekly Wrap: AI Margin Squeeze Hits Software Peers as ASX Slips, Yet Week Ends Higher
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Weekly Wrap: AI Margin Squeeze Hits Software Peers as ASX Slips, Yet Week Ends Higher

ASX slips 1.4% as AI fears squeeze software margins; yet the week climbs 2.4% on bank strength and gold rebound.

Weekly Wrap: ASX 200 slides 2% as froth indicators deepen global pullback
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Weekly Wrap: ASX 200 slides 2% as froth indicators deepen global pullback

ASX 200 skids 2% as Bitcoin froth indicators fade and AI concerns weigh on tech and miners; weekly loss 1.8%.

Weekly Wrap: Late pullback slams gold shares
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Weekly Wrap: Late pullback slams gold shares

ASX slips 0.7% as late pullback drags gold shares lower on Fed chair speculation; bullion drops ~5% amid rate-hike fears.

Weekly Wrap: Rising rates lift AUD and gold as miners lead ASX gains
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Weekly Wrap: Rising rates lift AUD and gold as miners lead ASX gains

Gold hits fresh highs and miners rally as rates rise; Life360 soars on upbeat guidance, AUD hits 16-month peak, ASX 200 slips 0.5% for the week.