The local benchmark has fallen in the Tuesday AM, snapping a five-day run of morning victories as investors saved their bets for the horses rather than the long odds on Martin Place holding its temper.<\/p>\n
A weaker lead from Wall Street\u2019s Monday session dimmed the remarkable seventh straight positive session for the tech heavy Nasdaq.<\/p>\n
The local market has made an early decision to escape the fraught afternoon which awaits us \u2013 will the Reserve Bank of Australia\u2019s team led by Guv\u2019nah M. Bullock surprise on the dovish side this arvo by holding rates for a third straight month?<\/p>\n
Probably not. Better to clip some early winnings and head to the track in brown chinos, white shirt, sunnies and blue jacket.<\/p>\n
(Ed: A solid choice.<\/em>)<\/p>\n The central bank is expected to lift the cash rate again this afternoon. Instead of name the odds, let\u2019s just say everyone\u2019s cautious ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia\u2019s policy decision.<\/p>\n The rise is on, not out of any spite or wholesale belligerence. They\u2019ve been seeing the same concerning moments inside our third quarter inflation read \u2013 the rate came in at a sticky 5.4%,\u00a0 an unwelcome beat on the 5.3% pinged by various analysts and not the stiff reduction on the 6% second quarter read that the good doctor, former Guv\u2019nah P. Lowe ordered all those months ago.<\/p>\n We\u2019re already back under the benchmark\u2019s 7,000 mark which the technicians say is, apparently, psychological.<\/p>\n At 12pm on Tuesday, the S&P\/ASX 200 Index is behind by 30 points, or -0.43%, to 6,967. Via MarketIndex<\/em><\/p>\n The ASX All Ordinaries (XAO) Index is about -0.39% lower and the All Tech (XTX) is fleeing 11.30am to a safer, darker place at -0.16% down.<\/p>\n Financial stocks led the decline, with losses from Westpac (ASX:WBC)<\/strong><\/a> (-2.3%), Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA)<\/strong><\/a> , Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX:ANZ)<\/strong><\/a> (-1%), National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB)<\/strong><\/a>, and Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG)<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0(-1%).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Via MarketIndex<\/p>\n ASX Healthcare stocks have continued to find support during the switch out to a rate-sensitive buying opportunity \u2013 it\u2019s been a fine week, in a terrible year:<\/p>\n Via MarketIndex<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Overnight on The Street, US sharemarkets closed a wee bit above parity for the first session of the week.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a result most traders will take after the three major US indices locked in the standout weekly return of the year-to-date.<\/p>\n The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 closed just +0.1% and +0.2%, into the green respectively, while the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite added +0.3%.<\/p>\n There\u2019s clearly both momentum and sentiment for the growth giants inside the Nasdaq. US investors still made albeit smaller bets on the death of the US Federal Reserve\u2019s cycle of tightening. A grip which has suffocated any upbeat ideas around equities for many moons now.<\/p>\n Wall Street still has to face down some uncertain corporate results which could have a more direct, short-term impact on this week\u2019s trade.<\/p>\n US Treasury yields have slipped and global central bank might look like they don\u2019t retain the conservative bent which has dominated their monetary policy decisions all year, JP Morgan said in a note overnight.<\/p>\n Despite the recent interpretation that this nonsense is all done with, the bank says equities are still among the more \u201cunattractive\u201d investment choices.<\/p>\n The comments come as US bond yields regained some strength overnight and JP Morgan retains its position that the US Fed will hold to its higher-for-longer strategy.<\/p>\n Stock valuations are toppy, earnings expectations too optimistic, profit margins are at risk and \u2018the slowdown in top-line growth is set to continue,\u2019 the US bank adds for good measure.<\/p>\n The roaring start to November provides stark contrast to the awful October in which the S&P 500 slipped into correction territory.<\/p>\n Still the buying on Monday focused around the Tech and Healthcare Sectors.<\/p>\n Apple led the big tech names, pharma giant Eli Lilly jumped almost +5%, while Elon\u2019s Tesla fell -0.3%.<\/p>\n US futures were lower on Monday evening.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Via Fox<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for 7 November [intraday]:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Swipe or scroll to reveal full table. Click headings to sort:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n WordPress Tables Plugin<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Climbing the wall of worry on Tuesday is True North Copper (ASX:TNC)<\/strong><\/a> which reports that advanced grade control drilling at Wallace North, Cloncurry has clocked hits of up to 14.05% copper, 25.70g\/t gold \u2013 both far exceeding resource modelling at Wallace North.<\/p>\n The drilling program at TNC\u2019s copper-gold Wallace North project identified high grade zones of copper and gold mineralisation, the excellent results has punters anticipating a roundly positive impact on the project\u2019s future resource estimates and open-pit designs.<\/p>\n MD Marty Costello who says the news confirms that Wallace North has the \u2018potential to deliver significant near-term value\u2019 to the company.<\/p>\n A box of goodies:<\/p>\n Via TNC<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Here are the most-worst performing ASX small cap stocks for 7 November [intraday]:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Swipe or scroll to reveal full table. Click headings to sort:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n WordPress Tables Plugin<\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The post ASX Small Cap Lunch Wrap: With no one at the wheel, ASX drifts lower on rates \u2018n races day<\/a> appeared first on Stockhead<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nASX SECTORS AT MIDDAY ON TUESDAY<\/h2>\n
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S&P\/ASX 200 Health Care (XHJ)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
NOT THE ASX<\/h2>\n
US FUTURES circa 9.30pm, MONDAY in NEW YORK<\/h2>\n
ASX SMALL CAP WINNERS<\/h2>\n
ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS<\/h2>\n