ASX Market Close: Index tracks lower in choppy session | March 19, 2025

The ASX200 closed down 0.4% at 7,828 points.

Health Care was the best performing sector, up 0.55%, followed by Telecommunication, up 0.2%.

Utilities was the worst performing sector, down 1.6%, followed by Real Estate, down 1.35%, and both Industrials and Information Technology finished down 1%.

In the Green

Trigg Minerals (ASX:TMG) closed up 6.4% after inking a deal to acquire 100% rights to the Nundle, Upper Hunter, and Cobark/Copeland projects in New South Wales, expanding its Tier-1 Australian antimony-gold tenure.

Trigg Minerals closed at 3.3 cents.

Cassius Mining (ASX:CMD) closed up 6.7%% after a development in its ongoing international arbitration with the Government of the Republic of Ghana.

Cassius Mining closed at 1.6 cents.

Woolworths (ASX:WOW) closed up 0.11% after Macquarie analysts highlighted the stock is now trading near a five-year low. This is mostly due the pending Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry report.

Woolworths closed at $28.17.

In the Red

Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) closed down 3.9% as investors take profits after a jump in the share price  on the back of a positive broker note out of UBS. The broker lifted its rating to buy, with a price target of $28.60.

Mineral Resources closed at $23.88.

Helia Group (ASX:HLI) closed down 15.9% after going ex-dividend today.

Helia Group closed at $4.75.

Webjet (ASX:WJL) closed down 14.5% after the company released its strategic review.

Webjet closed at 56 cents.