- ASX200 is trading 0.18% higher at 7035.6 at 1:30pm AEST.
- Alcidion soars to all-time high share price after sharing positive news.
- Australia?s unemployment rate continued declining in March.
The tech sector is trading slightly lower today after the Nasdaq tumbled on Wall Street overnight. EML Payments and Nearmap are down around 2% each, while Afterpay and Iress are currently trading 0.5% lower.
The Australian market has rebounded from morning losses to trade 0.18% higher at 7035.6 at 1:30pm AEST as the big miners boost the key index.
Bitcoin remains steady today trading around US$63,000 at 1:30pm AEST, down just 0.4% in the last 24-hours.
Australian healthcare technology company Alcidion skyrocketed more than 10% to an all-time high share price today of 38.5c/share. The rise follows Alcidion's announcements of the acquisition of UK-based ExtraMed, a $21m contract with the Australian Department of Defence and a $17.9m capital raise.
Australia?s unemployment rate for March released today shows a continuing decline. Analysts were expecting a 5.7% unemployment rate for the final month of Australia?s JobKeeper support scheme but data out today revealed a 5.6% unemployment rate for March.
Google is adding four new smart features to its Google assistant including a ?hey Google find my phone? option for users who?ve misplaced their phones at home, and global support for the sunrise and sunset routine features. Users will be easily able trigger actions like lights on at night or heating on in the morning.