Gillian Bowen

During the day on Tuesday, there'll also be an update on consumer sentiment and business confidence.

So quite a setup on the state of play.

Back to today, though, in the US on Friday, unemployment data for April will be released with

4.3% tipped.

It's time for our one more thing before we go.

So, James, how are you rounding out the week?

I love a crazy stat.

And whilst I don't have a stat, I do have one more thing just to toss things up.

So we don't just podcast here at ComSec.

The team also makes videos and writes articles on market insights.

And the reason I'm telling you this is that as you head into the weekend, there are two articles on the ComSec website by you, James, which I wanted to call out on gold and defence that are worth a read.

And there's also an interview conducted by our colleague, Stephen Daglian, as part of the Executive Series, which discusses the key forces shaping global commodities.

So also really topical at the moment, click on the Market News tab on the ComSec website to find those.

That's it for today.

The team's monitoring developments on the local trading sessions.

If you follow the podcast, you'll get a notification when this afternoon's episode drops shortly after the market closes.

I'm Gillian Bowen.

And I'm James Gruber.

Have a great weekend.

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