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ASX regains ground: Senex Energy, Perseus Mining, Alumina march up
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United States equity markets may have been down, but for once the ASX did not reflect the losses with the benchmark All Ordinaries extending its early gains to finish the day at 1.1%, or 45.1 points, higher at 4,206.1 points.
By contrast the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.45% or 55.78 points at 12,360, the S&P 500 lost 0.25% or 3.25 points at 1,277.80 and the NASDAQ was up 0.16% or 4.36 points at 2,674.2.
All sectors rose on the back of tougher budget rules for the Eurozone and a 7% higher global aluminium demand forecast by Alcoa.
Unsurprisingly the resource sector was one of the top gainers with a 1.7% spike to 10,911.1 points.
Of the top 20 resources by market cap Senex Energy (ASX: SXY) led the charge up with a 9.4% jump to A$0.75.
Gold explorer Perseus Mining (ASX:PRU) joined the leaders with an 8.6% gain to $2.77, while Alcoa’s higher forecast saw Alumina (ASX: AWC) rally 6.8% to $1.17.
Meanwhile, Atlas Iron (ASX: AGO) moved up 4.6% to $2.93, while mineral sands explorer and developer Iluka Resources (ASX: ILU) rose 4.4% to $16.09.
Oil and gas giant Santos (ASX: STO) was up 3.1% to $12.63.
On the iron ore front, major Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) saw an increase of 2.5% to $4.57.
Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) and Whitehaven Coal (ASX: WHC) also rallied more than 2% to finish up at $32.18 and $5.52 respectively.
Mining majors Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) found themselves at the lower end of the movers today with 1.7% and 1.3% increases respectively. Rio ended the day at $63.20 and BHP at $35.66.
While not one of the top movers today, the healthcare sector still managed a 0.5% jump to 7,964.8 points.
A few of the smaller caps witnessed some decent gains led by early detection technology specialist Fermiscan (ASX: FER) which rose 16.7% to $0.01.
Biomedical research company Biotron (ASX: BIT) followed suit with a 12% spike to $0.14, while biomarker and diagnostic company HealthLinx (ASX: HTX) rallied 10% to $0.01.
Medical device company Analytica (ASX: ALT) jumped 8.3% to nearly $0.03.
Meanwhile, only a handful of the big caps managed to make it into the green. Medical diagnostics firm Sonic Healthcare (ASX: SHL) shifted up 1.6% to $11.74, while biopharmaceutical company CSL (ASX: CSL) jumped 1.2% to $32.05.
Global hospital group Ramsay Health Care (ASX: RHC) also edged up 0.6% to $19.56.
By contrast the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.45% or 55.78 points at 12,360, the S&P 500 lost 0.25% or 3.25 points at 1,277.80 and the NASDAQ was up 0.16% or 4.36 points at 2,674.2.
All sectors rose on the back of tougher budget rules for the Eurozone and a 7% higher global aluminium demand forecast by Alcoa.
Unsurprisingly the resource sector was one of the top gainers with a 1.7% spike to 10,911.1 points.
Of the top 20 resources by market cap Senex Energy (ASX: SXY) led the charge up with a 9.4% jump to A$0.75.
Gold explorer Perseus Mining (ASX:PRU) joined the leaders with an 8.6% gain to $2.77, while Alcoa’s higher forecast saw Alumina (ASX: AWC) rally 6.8% to $1.17.
Meanwhile, Atlas Iron (ASX: AGO) moved up 4.6% to $2.93, while mineral sands explorer and developer Iluka Resources (ASX: ILU) rose 4.4% to $16.09.
Oil and gas giant Santos (ASX: STO) was up 3.1% to $12.63.
On the iron ore front, major Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) saw an increase of 2.5% to $4.57.
Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) and Whitehaven Coal (ASX: WHC) also rallied more than 2% to finish up at $32.18 and $5.52 respectively.
Mining majors Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) found themselves at the lower end of the movers today with 1.7% and 1.3% increases respectively. Rio ended the day at $63.20 and BHP at $35.66.
While not one of the top movers today, the healthcare sector still managed a 0.5% jump to 7,964.8 points.
A few of the smaller caps witnessed some decent gains led by early detection technology specialist Fermiscan (ASX: FER) which rose 16.7% to $0.01.
Biomedical research company Biotron (ASX: BIT) followed suit with a 12% spike to $0.14, while biomarker and diagnostic company HealthLinx (ASX: HTX) rallied 10% to $0.01.
Medical device company Analytica (ASX: ALT) jumped 8.3% to nearly $0.03.
Meanwhile, only a handful of the big caps managed to make it into the green. Medical diagnostics firm Sonic Healthcare (ASX: SHL) shifted up 1.6% to $11.74, while biopharmaceutical company CSL (ASX: CSL) jumped 1.2% to $32.05.
Global hospital group Ramsay Health Care (ASX: RHC) also edged up 0.6% to $19.56.
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