Live updates: ASX set to rise after surprise US job data sent Wall Street higher on Friday's close
26m agoSun 6 Oct 2024 at 8:18pm
Market snapshot
- ASX 200 futures: +0.3% to 8,215 points
- Australian dollar: -0.1% 67.85 US cents
- S&P 500 (Friday): +0.9% to 5,751 points
- Nasdaq (Friday): +1.2% to 20,035 points
- FTSE (Friday): flat at 8,281 points
- EuroStoxx (Friday): +0.7% to 511 points
- Spot gold: -0.1% to $US2,652/ounce
- Brent crude: +0.6% at $US78.05/barrel
- Iron ore (Friday): -0.4% to $US108.60/tonne
- Bitcoin: +0.5% to $US62,748
Prices current around 7:30am AEST
25m agoSun 6 Oct 2024 at 8:19pm
Good morning
Good morning and welcome to another week on the ABC markets and finance blog.
Stephen Letts from ABC business team limbering up for a blow-by-blow coverage of the day’s events, where every post is hopefully a winner, but none should be construed as financial advice.
In short, the ASX 200 is set to open 0.3% higher thanks to some surprisingly good news on the US jobs front.
OK, the game’s afoot, so let’s getting blogging.