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Market Alert : Global Sell-Off Extends: Liquidity Fears and Growth Concerns Dominate

ASX 200 Slipped 1.03%; All Sectors Closed In Red Zone

By the end of the trading session on 31 May 2022, the benchmark index S&P/ASX 200 ended lower by 1.03% and settled at 7,211.20. All 11 sectors closed lower along with the ASX 200. The Financial and Information Technology sectors were the top 2 losing sectors, declined 1.99% and 1.94% in their index value.

Beach Energy Limited (ASX: BPT) and Whitehaven Coal Limited (ASX: WHC) were the top gainers with 5.182% and 3.529% growth in share prices, respectively. On the other hand, Tyro Payments Limited (ASX: TYR) and Suncorp Group Limited (ASX: SUN) were the top losers, with a 6.608% and 6.354% drop in share prices, respectively.

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Top Loser for the day:

  • Financial (Down 1.99%)
  • Information Technology (Down 1.94%)
  • Telecommunication Services (Down 1.68)

Other Factors influencing the market:

  • Suncorp Group’s share price dropped by 6.354% after Morgan Stanely has slashed its valuation from $12.50 per share to $10.50 per share with an underweight rating. It also mentioned that Suncorp is exposed to climate catastrophe structural risks.
  • Commodity prices jumped after China reported less than 100 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, and the government also eased restrictions that have suffocated the world’s second-largest economy, indicating optimism about a rebound in demand for raw materials.
  • Brent crude oil is gaining 1.67% to $119.64 after European Union agreed to pursue a partial ban on imports of crude from Russia to increase pressure on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
  • Hang Seng is up by 0.87%, and FTSE 100 is up by 0.19%.

Top 5 Gainers and Losers Scoreboard:

90 Day Average Volume Outlier:

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