ASX 200 afternoon report: 5 December 2024
The ASX 200 gains 13 points, influenced by Wall Street's record highs and Bitcoin's rally past 100,000, with potential RBA rate cuts boosting local tech and consumer stocks.
The ASX 200 is trading 13 points (0.16%) higher at 8476 as of 3:00pm AEDT.
Bitcoin's momentum outpaces ASX 200 growth
The ASX 200 gained today, supported by fresh record highs on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones closing above 45,000 for the first time.
In a significant milestone for another asset class, Bitcoin surged above 100,000 during today's trading session, extending its rally since the United States (US) election. Bitcoin has spent the past 12 sessions working off overbought conditions in preparation for its latest upward move.
The recent surge in Bitcoin is anticipated to drive the next wave of momentum buying, potentially pushing it towards targets of 105,000 and 120,000 by 2025. In contrast, the ASX 200's rise has been more gradual compared to Bitcoin's explosive rally in recent weeks.
ASX 200 stocks
Technology stocks
- Afterpay owner Block jumped 5.59% to $152.56
- TechnologyOne rose $3.10 to $32.17
- Wisetech Global added 3% to $113.49
- Megaport climbed 2.25% to $7.76
Consumer discretionary sector
A fresh record high in the ASX 200 consumer discretionary sector was boosted by the prospect of earlier Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate cuts following yesterday’s disappointing Australian third quarter (Q3) gross domestic product (GDP) print.
- Kogan surged 4.54% to $5.30
- Temple & Webster gained 3.9% to $13.07
- Premier Investments added 3.53% to $36.69
- Adairs climbed 2.14% to $2.86
Financial sector
The big banks also benefitted from the possibility of earlier RBA rate cuts.
- CBA rose 0.72% to $158.06
- Macquarie gained 0.40% to $233.96
- Westpac added 0.41% to $33.25
- ANZ edged up 0.1% to $31.22
- NAB fell 0.2% to $38.98
Energy sector
Ahead of tonight’s delayed Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) meeting, where production cuts are expected to be extended for three months to address supply concerns, energy stocks declined.
- Woodside Energy lost 1.13% to $24.57
- Santos slipped 0.82% to $6.68
- Ampol fell 0.8% to $28.35
- AGL Energy declined 0.1% to $11.07
Mining sector
- Mineral Resources lost 2.22% to $34.31
- BHP fell 0.95% to $40.68
- Fortescue slipped 0.41% to $19.62
- Rio Tinto traded flat at $120.00 after its production guidance for fisal year (FY) 2025 met expectations
ASX 200 technical analysis
Following the ASX 200’s sequence of higher highs over the past six weeks, analysts have raised the trend channel resistance. For the ASX 200 to signal a more impulsive move higher, it needs to break above this resistance, currently around 8500.
Otherwise, analysts expect a continuation of the two-step forward, one-step back type of price action observed since September.
ASX 200 daily chart
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