Hurricane Milton is ripping the US east coast apart, but could it have an impact on ASX listed companies in the insurance building space.

MARKET WRAP:

• ASX200: up 0.44%, 8,223
• GOLD: $2,633 US/oz
• BITCOIN: $93,887 AUD

• BHP rose 1.4% to $43.90 and lithium producer Pilbara Minerals closed up 2.4% to $2.92.
• Some of the smaller miners such as Lake Resources jumped 11% and Liontown resources closed up 5% to 83 cents.
• Rio Tinto also had a good day closing up 1.3% to $119.87, but was helped by its deal to acquire Arcadium Lithium.  Shares in Arcadium rose by 38% to $8.20..
• On the other side of the coin was Cochlear which has dropped around 17% in recent months from its all time high and today fell 1.55% to $290.43.

CURRENCY UPDATE:

• AUD/USD: 67.28 US cents
• AUD/GBP: 52.3 pence
• AUD/EUR: 62 Euro cents
• AUD/JPY: 100 Japanese yen
• AUD/NZD: 1.10 NZ dollars