- ASX200 is trading 0.23% higher at 7045 at 12:15pm AEST.
- Seek surges to fresh record high share price on divestment & other news.
- Flight Centre shares plunge on Q3 update and expected H2 loss.
The tech sector is again today?s worst performing sector following the Nasdaq?s turbulent session on Wall Street overnight. Megaport is down more than 4.6%, Altium is trading 3.04% lower, and Afterpay and Wisetech are both down around 1.8%.
The Australian market is trading 0.23% higher at 7045 at 12:15pm AEST as a surge amongst the gold miners boosts the key index. The Energy, Materials and Mining sectors are also trending higher today.
Bitcoin continues to fall this afternoon trading more than 3.5% lower at US$55,882.33 at 12:20pm AEST.
Australian online jobs marketplace Seek soared to a new record high at $32.92/share this morning after releasing an update to investors outlining the details relating to its Zhaopin divestment, its dividend and upgraded its guidance for FY 2021 after stronger than expected performance.
Making headlines, travel booking giant Flight Centre is trading lower today following the release of a Q3 update including sales subdued in January and February but bounced back in March, as well as expecting to report an underlying second half loss.
And scientists are using vehicle driving data and machine learning technology to detect and diagnose early dementia in people by studying trip length, time of trip from point A back to point A, and how many times the driver brakes hard.