- ASX200 closed 0.3% lower today at 6974 to start the week.
- Delorean bioenergy company soared 110% on ASX debut.
- Flight Centre slides on PM travel announcement & vaccine delays.
The Australian market closed 0.3% lower at 6974 to start the week as the miners weighed on the key index. BHP fell 1.1%, Rio Tinto shed 0.5% and FMG closed the day 1.6% lower.
The tech sector finished the session in the red as notable losses for Nuix, Link Administration, Computershare and Nearmap weighed the sector down. Xero posted a 1.58% gain after being the subject of a positive broker note from Goldman Sachs.
Bitcoin is trading 1.35% higher at US$60,252.11 at 4:30pm AEST. Experts are backing a cryptic Tweet saying ?Moon Very Soon? from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday as the catalyst for the Bitcoin spike above US$60,000.
Australian-based bioenergy company Delorean Corporation soared on ASX debut today. After starting the day with an IPO of 20c/share and raising $14m, the company soared 110% to close the session at 42c/share.
Making headlines, Flight Centre took a hit today despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison sharing optimistic news about further international travel destinations. The travel agents? share price fell almost 2% at close due to Australia?s vaccine rollout taking a hit last week and possible international destinations requiring travellers to be vaccinated.
And data from 500 million LinkedIn profiles has been posted for sale online after the professional networking platform became the latest victim to a privacy leak just a week after Facebook.