- ASX200 0.91% higher at 6868.50 points.
- Singular Health up 140% since debut.
- IOUpay enters trading halt after unexplained 98% surge.
Tech stocks are up 1.12% just after lunch as Nearmap rebounds from last week?s short-seller controversy with a 16% surge to lead today's gains.
Zip Co is also surging, up more than 10.5% to a new record high AUD$12.03/share as the BNPL sector continues to rally.
The Australian market is 0.91% higher just after lunchtime at 6868.50 points, with all sectors in the green except for utilities.
Bitcoin has dipped to US$47,129.98 after setting a fresh record high over US$49,000 earlier today.
Making headlines, Perth-based medical imaging company Singular Health continues to impress investors since its ASX debut on Friday, trading 26% higher at today at AUD$0.48/ share and up 140% since Friday.
In tech news, IOUpay has entered a trading halt after the BNPL player was issued with a so-called speeding ticket from the ASX over an unexplained 98% surge in its share price this morning.
And Bill Gates? daughter has joked about a conspiracy theory regarding her genius father upon receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine. She said "sadly the vaccine did NOT implant my genius father into my brain" to poke fun at a conspiracy theory that Bill Gates is behind the vaccine to implant chip trackers into every human's brain.