MARKET WRAP:

• ASX200: up 0.69% to 8,737
• GOLD: $3,431/oz
• BITCOIN: $179,386

• Big miners continued to enjoy high iron ore prices, with Fortescue Metals closing up 2.3%, Rio Tinto rose 1%, and BHP was also higher, up 0.8%.
• Iluka Resources rose 4.1% to $5.39 after it achieved full-year production guidance for zircon.
• All of the big four except for NAB – which was down 0.1% – managing to finish ahead
• Telix Pharmaceuticals saw shares plummet 15.1% after being issued with a subpoena by the US SEC around its disclosure practices.
• Paladin’s production & sales targets of uranium oxide hurt, dropping 11.3% by the close
• Also lower was Pro Medicus, Santos and Medibank Private

CURRENCY UPDATE:

• AUD/USD: 65.9 US cents
• AUD/GBP: 48.6 British pence
• AUD/EUR: 56 Euro cents
• AUD/JPY: 96 Yen
• AUD/NZD: 1.09 NZ dollars