- ASX200 closed 0.8% lower at 7025.8 on the last day of April.
- ResMed plunged on Q3 results missing expectations.
- Australia?s first mass COVID-19 vaccination hub opens in Adelaide.
The Australian market closed 0.8% lower at 7025.8 on Friday with the key index losing 0.49% for the week but posting its best monthly gain since November, rising 3.5% for April.
Gold miners and the resources sector weighed the market down today.
The tech sector finished the day in the red with Wisetech Global shedding nearly 3%, and Afterpay, Link Administration and Appen losing more than 2% each.
Bitcoin is trading just 0.13% lower at US$54,314.08 at 4:20pm AEST.
US medical device company ResMed plunged nearly 5% today after releasing third quarter results that fell short of expectations. The sleep treatment medical device company reported a 0.1% decline in revenue from the same period a year earlier at US$768.8 million.
Making headlines, Australia?s first mass COVID-19 vaccination hub has opened today at the Adelaide Showground with the ability to soon offer 3000 jabs per week. 150 emergency and frontline staff under the age of 50 will be the first to receive the Pfizer jab at the hub from today.
And Volkswagen's fake rebranding to ?Voltswagen? in March is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether the auto manufacturing giant broke any securities laws by reviewing how the stunt affected VW?s share price.