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

Market Close Commentary: 31 January 2022

By the end of the day's trade on 31 January 2022, ASX 200 settled in the minor red zone after a bounce back on Friday. The benchmark index slipped 0.236% and settled at 6971.6. The index settled lower on 31 January 2022 because of a mixed performance in the indices on ASX. Indices like Information technology, A-REIT, energy, and consumer discretionary sectors were amongst the strong performers for the day, with a significant gain of more than 1% in their respective index values. The Information technology sector was the top gainer, with a rise of 3.69% in the index value. Meanwhile few sectors were in the red zone like financial, Consumer staples, Material, and Industrials. The most sell off seen in the financial sector which slipped 1.83% today.

 

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In the past five days, the index lost 2.35%. However, it has gained 5.51% over the last 52-weeks.

Top performing Sectors for the day:

  • Information technology (Up: 3.69%)
  • A-REIT (Up: 1.42%)
  • Energy (Up: 1.36%)
  • Consumer discretionary (Up: 1.25%)

Worst performing sectors for the day:

  • Financial (Down: 1.83%)
  • Consumer staples (Down: 1.27%)
  • Materials (Down: 0.45%)

Top Gainers and Losers:

On 31 January 2022, ARB CORPORATION LIMITED (ASX: ARB) and ZIP CO LIMITED (ASX: Z1P) were amongst the top gainers on ASX 200. At the same time, ANSELL LIMITED (ASX: ANN) and NIB HOLDINGS LIMITED (ASX: NHF) were the top two losers on ASX.

ARB shares surged as the company announced unaudited sales revenue of $359M for 1HY22, representing growth of 26.5%. On the other hand, ANN shares declined due to low margin for the FY22h1 as the company facing Covid-19 related operational challenges.

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