By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - The S&P/ASX 200 fell 52.70 points or 0.74% to 7,067.50 in Monday’s mid-morning trade, following gains of 1.94% in the previous week amid a continued downturn in global equities despite strong Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) earnings and upbeat economic data on Friday.
ASX 200 Futures were little changed at 6977.5.
Among stocks, A-REITs fell 1.5% with Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) down 2.31%, Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) falling 1.85%, Goodman Group (ASX:GMG) down 1.735, Stockland Corporation Ltd (ASX:SGP) falling 1.47% and Scentre Group Ltd (ASX:SCG) down 1.69%.
Financials also dragged on broader sentiment Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX:MQG) lost 0.44%, Commonwealth Bank Of Australia (ASX:CBA) fell 1.24%, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ASX:ANZ) shed 3.65%, National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX:NAB) dipped 1.76% and Westpac Banking Corp (ASX:WBC) fell 0.74%.
Mining players were higher overall, with Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) easing 0.08%, BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) up 0.66%, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) adding 0.42%, Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) down 1.3%, Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) up 0.3%, Arizona Lithium Ltd (ASX:AZL) dropping 3.13%, Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE) down 1.12% and Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:LYC) adding 1.61%.
Technology companies bucked the trend however, adding 0.92% collectively. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) fell 3.49%, Novonix Ltd (ASX:NVX) added 0.3%, Brainchip Holdings Ltd (ASX:BRN) lost 4.03%, Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) shed 0.84% and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) added 1.73%.
Energy stocks also lifted amid 7-year high crude oil prices. Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ASX:WPL) gained 1.07%, Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) added 0.27% and Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) lifted 0.47%.
Graincorp Ltd (ASX:GNC) jumped 15.16% to a three-week high after an earnings guidance update issued to the ASX this morning noted expectations to report underlying profit after tax of somewhere between $235-280 million.
Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:MFG) also dropped 12% to fresh 7-year lows in early trade after Hamish Douglass announced a medical leave of absence a period of “intense pressure and focus” on both his personal and professional life.
Among currencies, the Aussie was at 0.70716 while US Dollar Index was at near 3-week lows of 95.444.
On the bond markets, Australia 10-Year rates were near 15-week highs of 2.016% while United States 10-Year yields were at fresh 25-month highs of 1.905%.
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 was down 0.45% to 12,280.