The ASX200 has been down 0.42% at 8,445 points.
After a flat start to Wednesday trading, the market fell back as poor performances in the banking sector weighed –– and NAB (ASX:NAB) reporting that earnings had fallen in the December quarter didn’t help.
Health has been the strongest performing sector today, up 0.92%, followed by Telecommunications, up 0.79%, and Materials, up 0.75%.
Financial has been the worst performer, down 1.25%, followed by Info Tech, down 0.81%, and Energy, which was 0.77% lower.
Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) has fallen 11.11% after yesterday telling investors it had incurred an $800 million loss during the first half of the 2025 fiscal year.
Mineral Resources has been $27.11.
Star Entertainment Group has also been having a bad Wednesday, dropping as much as 8% in one day after it reported consideration of a $650 million debt refinancing offer from Oaktree Capital Management.
Star has been $14.2 cents.
And Light and Wonder (ASX:LNW) has been up 9.9% after acquiring charitable gaming assets held by Grover Gaming in a deal worth US$850M in cash.
Light and Wonder has been $168.94.
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