Australian Sharemarket

Wednesday July 23rd and the Australian share market had a positive day with the broader All Ordinaries Market Index reaching at a six-year closing high. The index closed up 0.8% at 5567 points after reaching an intraday high of 5587 points, this was on the back of positive movements on Wall Street markets overnight.

The All Ords index has been struck in a trading range over the past few months as previously mentioned in my last blog. Today’s price action has provided a positive bullish signal that further rises may be following, but attention will turn back towards the US markets over the next few weeks which is in the midst of its profit reporting season. If US company reports are positive then this will continue to push the Dow Jones Index up which will then follow through onto the Australian share market.

With today’s resistance breakout technical traders like myself will be hoping that the resistance level of 5540 will now hold as short-term support on any pullback.

DAILY CHART ALL ORDS INDEX

Macquarie Group (MQG)

Macquarie Group Limited provides banking, financial, advisory, investment, and fund management services. The share price chart below bears a similar resemblance to the one above with the price stuck between a trading range over the past three months. As did the All Ords index the share price for Macquarie was able to break through the range resistance level of $61.00 today. The price is currently trending upwards in an orderly fashion and today’s breakout indicates that the next leg up is underway.

Happy Trading

Flavio

DAILY CHART MACQUARIE GROUP