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Market wrap: CommBank, BHP, Telstra, Woolworths and Wesfarmers lose ground
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09 Dec 2019
Source: Vitalii Tairov (Canstar)
The Australian sharemarket slipped back last week, with both the ASX 200 and the All Ordinaries losing ground. Big hitters CommBank, BHP, Telstra, Woolworths and Wesfarmers all suffered losses. Here’s how the market went last week.
| S&P and All Ords Movements (29/11/2019 to 06/12/2019) | ||
| Closing Points | % Change | |
| S&P/ASX 200 (XJO) | 6,707 | -2.03% |
| All Ordinaries (XAO) | 6,814 | -1.94% |
| Prepared by Canstar. Points taken as of Monday open to Friday close. | ||
| Sector Movements (29/11/2019 to 06/12/2019) | ||
| Closing Points | % Change | |
| Consumer Discretionary (XDJ) | 2,748 | -2.46% |
| Consumer Staples (XSJ) | 12,721 | -4.23% |
| Energy (XEJ) | 11,410 | -2.29% |
| Financials (XFJ) | 5,961 | -1.86% |
| Health Care (XHJ) | 41,214 | -1.30% |
| Industrials (XNJ) | 7,093 | -1.85% |
| Information Technology (XIJ) | 1,440 | -2.35% |
| Materials (XMJ) | 13,355 | -1.87% |
| Telecommunication Service (XTJ) | 1,298 | -2.74% |
| Utilities (XUJ) | 8,002 | -1.92% |
| Prepared by Canstar. Points taken as of Monday open to Friday close. | ||
| ASX 200 – Top 5 Share Price Gains (29/11/2019 to 06/12/2019) | |||
| Rank | Company | Closing Share Price | % Change |
| 1 | Ooh!Media Ltd | $3.79 | 21.1% |
| 2 | Silver Lake Resource | $1.20 | 8.1% |
| 3 | Gold Road Res Ltd | $1.19 | 4.9% |
| 4 | Resolute Mining | $1.21 | 4.8% |
| 5 | Beach Energy Ltd | $2.49 | 3.8% |
| Prepared by Canstar. Prices taken as of week to week close. | |||
| ASX 200 – Top 5 Market Capitalisation Gains (29/11/2019 to 06/12/2019) | ||||
| Rank | Company | $ Change in Market Cap | Closing Share Price | % Change in Share Price |
| 1 | Atlas Arteria Stap | $1,344,163,165 | $7.66 | 0.1% |
| 2 | Fortescue Metals Group | $554,213,685 | $9.91 | 1.8% |
| 3 | Bluescope Steel Ltd | $227,969,798 | $15.01 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Beach Energy Ltd | $205,103,550 | $2.49 | 3.8% |
| 5 | NRW Holdings Ltd | $172,095,570 | $3.06 | 2.7% |
| Prepared by Canstar. Prices taken as of week to week close. | ||||
| ASX 200 – Top 5 Share Price Losses (29/11/2019 to 06/12/2019) | |||
| Rank | Company | Closing Share Price | % Change |
| 1 | Whitehaven Coal | $2.63 | -16.5% |
| 2 | Speedcast Int Ltd | $0.71 | -12.3% |
| 3 | Boral Ltd | $4.61 | -10.3% |
| 4 | Pinnacle Investment | $4.48 | -9.7% |
| 5 | STHN Cross Media | $0.88 | -8.9% |
| Prepared by Canstar. Prices taken as of week to week close. | |||
| ASX 200 – Top 5 Market Capitalisation Losses (29/11/2019 to 06/12/2019) | ||||
| Rank | Company | $ Change in Market Cap | Closing Share Price | % Change in Share Price |
| 1 | Commonwealth Bank | -$3,239,538,298 | $78.99 | -2.3% |
| 2 | BHP Group Ltd | -$2,562,890,713 | $37.36 | -2.3% |
| 3 | Telstra Corporation | -$1,902,927,656 | $3.70 | -4.1% |
| 4 | Woolworths Group Ltd | -$1,765,698,592 | $38.36 | -3.5% |
| 5 | Wesfarmers Ltd | -$1,655,406,754 | $40.91 | -3.4% |
| Prepared by Canstar. Prices taken as of week to week close. | ||||
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