PM 09 Sep 26: ASX slides on rising tensions
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The Aussie market is extending losses after sinking to a six-week low yesterday. And oil prices continue to surge, sitting a whisker away from the key $100 mark. Good afternoon, I'm Laura Besserati. It's Wednesday, the 9th of September. Welcome to the Comsec Market Update.
Why did the Australian market extend its losses amid Middle‑East tensions?
Well, everyone, another down day for the Aussie market. Of course, yesterday we hit a six-week low. We fell back below the 9,000 point mark. It was also our worst day in about three months. So we fell by 1% yesterday. Today, just continuing those declines, but a much more modest move lower today, down by roughly a tenth of 1% heading into the clock. But extending that losing streak nonetheless. And I think, you know, the mood is still just very cautious as Middle East tensions just continue to flare up. There's seemingly new developments every day. And we are seeing oil prices climbing towards that $100 US dollars per barrel mark. So since yesterday, we have seen the US strike several Iranian tankers near Kag Island, which is a major crude export.
While Iran said it had struck two American vessels and eight oil tankers in the Gulf. So very much still a developing situation. We seem to be back to that tit for tat situation with no signs of tensions easing. So we have seen oil prices lifting once again on the back of those concerns. So oil prices, as I mentioned, sitting just below 100%. hundred US dollars a barrel. It's hovering roughly around the $99 mark. That's its highest level in roughly seven weeks. So last time we saw these levels was around late July when it did briefly get above $100. Now it has been a rough start to September. So so far this month, we've had seven sessions and we've only lifted twice. One of those Being by just a few points.
So at the moment, we are looking like we're going to fall about 2% over the course of this month. Of course, it is early in the month. Plenty can happen between now and the end of September, but really it has been living up to expectations with September historically being a bit of a tougher month for global share markets. And then, of course, we have plenty more catalysts to come for. The remainder of the month. We have US inflation data on Thursday and Friday night this week. Next week, we have that Fed interest rate decision on Wednesday night. The week after that, we get Aussie Jobs data and then the RBA decision in the final days of the month. So there's still heaps of key events to get through this month, which could potentially drive moves on the market.
But right now we are a little over four percent. Away from the record high that we hit in early August, about 4.3% away, if you want to be precise. Now, looking across the different sectors today, only four of 11 are improving. Utilities, which tends to be a little more defensive, is up by 1%. Industrials just inching higher, but it's really the resource space which is sticking out. The energy stocks up by 1.5%. As a sector. So it is the best performing sector today on the back of those higher oil prices, but materials also standing out with a lift of roughly one and a half percent. On the other end, though, we are seeing financials down by 1%. So they're quite a big weight. If you look at the major banks, they are all falling.
CBA is doing worse down by around 2.2%. And NAB Down one and a half percent in today's session. But across the other sectors, you know, retailers, our consumer discretionary stocks are down a little over 1%, and healthcare is down one and a half percent. So plenty of weights right across our market. It is worth noting that the materials sector is lifting largely because we have seen strength in plenty of commodity prices. So INOR actually reached 100%. US a ton for the first time since June. And we are seeing copper prices hitting fresh record highs as well. So today, BHP and Rio Tinto have really been two of the bright spots, and they're really offsetting some of the declines that we're seeing across some of the other parts of our market.
BHP is still bouncing back from a 7.5% drop last week, which was its
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