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The ASX 200 traded flat on the first day of the new financial year.

Utilities was the best performing sector, up around +1% in intra-day trade, followed by IT, up +0.9%, and Real Estate, up +0.75%.

Telecommunication was the worst performer, down -0.3% in afternoon trade, followed by Industrials and Materials – both down around -0.25%.

In the Green

Santana Minerals (ASX:SMI) climbed +4.8% on the back of an updated pre-feasibility study for its Bendigo-Ophir project near Queenstown in New Zealand.

OpenLearning (ASX:OLL) charged +41% higher in intra-day trade after inking a three-year $495,000 software-as-a-service agreement with CE-Logic, a digital learning solutions provider in the Philippines.

Biome Australia (ASX:BIO) was up +11% in the afternoon after chalking up sales revenue of around $18.4 million for FY25; a 41% increase from the prior corresponding period.

In the Red

Sheffield Resources (ASX:SFX) was down more than -3% in afternoon trade on news of a temporary disruption in product shipments from its Thunderbird Mineral Sands Mine in Western Australia.

Kelsian Group (ASX:KLS) retreated more than -1.1% after attracting nearly 30 expressions of interest for its tourism portfolio worth up to $200 million.

HMC Capital (ASX:HMC) traded down more than -15% throughout Tuesday on release of an update on its energy transition segment.

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