ASX/200 Closed Lower by 0.08%, Dragged down by Healthcare

By the end of the trading session on 06 May 2025, the benchmark index S&P/ASX 200 closed lower by 0.08% and settled at 8,151.40. Out of the 11 sectors, 07 sectors ended lower along with the S&P/ASX 200.

Materials and A-REIT are the top-gaining sector, gaining 0.79% and 0.76% in their index value. On the other hand Healthcare and Consumer Staples are the top-losing sector, losing 1.67% and 0.45% in their index value.

Tabcorp Holdings Limited (ASX: TAH) and NextDC Limited (ASX: NXT) are the top-gaining stocks, gaining 9.210% and 8.412% in their stock prices. On the other hand, Sigma Healthcare Limited (ASX: SIG) and HMC Capital Limited (ASX: HMC) are the top-losing stocks, losing 6.191% and 6.093% in their stock prices.

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Top gainer for the day:

• Materials  (Up 0.79%)
• A-REIT (Up 0.76%)

Top loser for the day:

• Healthcare (Down 1.67%)
• Consumer Staples (Down 0.45%)

Other Factors influencing the market:

• Sigma Healthcare (ASX: SIG) declined by 4.4% after the company disclosed $42.4 million in transaction-related expenses over the nine months leading up to March.
• Tabcorp Holdings Limited (ASX: TAH) emerged as the top performer on the ASX 200, jumping 7.9% following an announcement that there had been no noticeable decline in consumer activity.
• HMC Capital Limited (ASX: HMC), led by David Di Pilla, saw its shares fall 6% after informing the market it was in advanced negotiations with hospital groups regarding the management of its portfolio of 11 Healthscope hospitals.
• Platinum Asset Management (ASX: PTM) experienced a 6.7% decline in its share price after revealing that an institutional client had withdrawn a $958 million mandate.
• Inghams Group Limited (ASX: ING) rose by 3.4%, with the poultry producer reaffirming its full-year forecast despite a slight dip in chicken volumes during the first nine months of the fiscal year.
• On the commodities front, oil prices dropped after OPEC+ agreed to significantly boost output, triggering fears that the additional supply could outpace demand amid ongoing global trade tensions.
• Wall Street posted mild losses: the Dow Jones slipped 0.24%, the S&P 500 was down 0.64%, and the NASDAQ fell 0.74%.
• Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.96% during today's trading session.

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