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Find out moreThe Australian equity market started the year with great gusto with key economic metrics broadly supporting the market. This swiftly turned in February and the local bourse continued to fall throughout the remainder of the quarter. The slide was largely due to the uncertainty over US President Trump's tariffs. Fear and speculation finally became reality as the index began its steep decent in early February, falling circa -10.3%; an official correction and potentially heading towards bear territory and global recession. The Australian market reacted sharply and negatively to the Trump tariffs during the March quarter and overall experienced its steepest losses since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian equity market ended the quarter down (-2.8%).
Although we haven’t received any calls, as we suspect most people are quite familiar with market volatility over the years, we thought this update would put some recent market movements into perspective.
It was a nervous start to the quarter for the Australian equity market (ASX 200), as the impact of China stimulus measures and implications of rising bond yields was being digested. The resources sector felt the brunt of this nervy start falling over 5% for the month of October, however the broader market did manage to reach an all-time high on the 15th of October closing above 8,300 for the first time.