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Stocks lower after poor showing on Wall Street: Afternoon market insights

Australian stocks fell almost 1% lower today after the Dow Jones fell 0.1% overnight. At 3pm AEST the ASX 200 had fallen 0.92% to 4094.5, while the broader All Ordinaries gave up 0.88% to 4140.2. This was in stark contrast to the region, where Asian stocks where the Nikkei and Hang Seng both posted healthy […]
Myriam Robin
Myriam Robin

Australian stocks fell almost 1% lower today after the Dow Jones fell 0.1% overnight.

At 3pm AEST the ASX 200 had fallen 0.92% to 4094.5, while the broader All Ordinaries gave up 0.88% to 4140.2.

This was in stark contrast to the region, where Asian stocks where the Nikkei and Hang Seng both posted healthy gains.

The dollar weakened to $US1.015.