By the end of the trading session on 15 August 2022, the benchmark index S&P/ASX 200 ended higher by 0.45% and settled at 7,064.30. Out of 11 sectors, 9 sectors closed higher along with the ASX 200.

The A-REIT and Consumer Discretionary sectors were the top 2 gaining sectors, gained 2.04% and 1.38% in their index value. On the other hand, the Energy and Financial sectors were the top 2 losing sectors, declined 0.83% and 0.21% in their index values.

Champion Iron Limited (ASX: CIA) and Carsales.com Limited (ASX: CAR) were the top gainers with 6.400% and 5.773% growth in share prices, respectively. On the other hand, Beach Energy Limited (ASX: BPT) and Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) were the top losers, with an 11.082% and 8.537% drop in share prices, respectively.

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Top Performers for the day:

• A-REIT (Up 2.04%)


• Consumer Discretionary (Up 1.38%)

Top Loser for the day:                                    

• Energy (Down 0.83%)


• Financial (Down 0.21%)

Other Factors influencing the market:

• S&P/ASX 200 ended higher, tracked Wall Street as signs that inflation may have peaked in July, increased investor confidence that a bull market could be underway, and spurred the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ to post their fourth straight week of gains.


• BlueScope Steel's share price rises after delivering the highest underlying profit in its 20-year history.


• Beach Energy Limited's share price dropped sharply following the company's announced its full-year result.


• China’s Central Bank unexpectedly cut its one-year policy loans by one-tenth of a percentage point to 2.75% on Monday, its first easing since January as it tries to buoy an economy struggling to recover from COVID-19 lockdowns and a property downturn.


• Oil prices declined for a second session after Saudi Aramco said it is ready to ramp up the output while production at several offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms is resuming after a brief outage last week.


• Dow has closed up 1.3%, S&P 500 up by 1.7%, and NASDAQ closed higher by 2.1%.


• Hang Seng is down 0.54%, and FTSE 100 is up by 0.19%.

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