Weekly Wrap 1 May
Between the Bells
English - May 01, 2020 01:00 - 4 minutes - 3.28 MBInvesting Business online share trading trading ausbiz asx200 investing economics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On Thursday, the ASX200 closed off the month up 8.8%, the best monthly gain on record since the data set began in 1993. Not bad... almost as good as the All Ordinaries clocking off the month with a 9.5% rise - its best result since 1988. Plus, the University of Queensland and Gilead make breakthroughs in potential COVID-19 treatments.
In this week’s wrap, Jessica covers:
Four key reasons the markets rallied (0:35)Energy gets a boost, rising 12% in this week's sectors report (1:13)Stocks in the spotlight: (Mon-Thu) AP Eagers (ASX:APE) up 46% while ResMed (ASX:RMD) fell the most, down 6% (1:23)Are we back in bull territory? (2:35)Recalling a not-so-distant historical 20% rally in a bear market (3:12)Stock ideas: Bell Potter's list of 10 recovery stocks (4:01)