- ASX200 up 1.28% at 3pm AEDT to 6748.20 points.
- Ellume inks US$302M deal for COVID-19 test kits.
- Amazon One devices read user's palm for payment.
Tech stocks are driving the markets? gains today, up more than 4% at 2pm AEDT, with Afterpay up 8.01% at $146.75/share.
Tabcorp is also driving the tech sector, up more than 7.6% after reporting a number of takeover bids.
The overall S&P/ASX200 up 1.28% to 6748.20 points, driven by a broad rally across the big banks and miners as well as the tech sector.
Bitcoin continues to trade around US$33,600.
Queensland-based pharma giant Ellume has inked a US$302M deal with the US government to produce millions of its 90% accurate at-home COVID-19 testing kits. The kits have the ability to detect COVID-19 within 15 minutes irrespective of symptoms.
In the headlines, Rent.com has surged 122% after announcing internet entrepreneur Bevan Slattery has invested AUD$2M into the business at a placement price of 5 cents per share.
GameStop traders have shifted their attention and investment into silver, sending its price to the highest level since 2013. In its biggest one-day rise since 2008, Silver surged 11% to more than US$30/ounce. The silver surge sent South32 shares up more than 3% today.
And Amazon One has unveiled a device that can read a user's palm to confirm their identity when checking out at Amazon Go retail locations.