Dollar rises slightly: Market wrap

The ASX market followed Wall Street’s overnight lead to finish slightly higher today.

The S&P/ASX200 closed up 0.66% or 27.3 points to 4171.00.

The All Ordinaries Index rose 0.65% or 27.70 points to 4262.10.

The day’s winners:

NRW Holdings (NWH]) which jumped 4.53 % to $3.69

Medusa (MML), which was up 4.42% to $5.90.

The day’s losers:

Seven West (SWM) dropped 4.57% to $3.655. Seven West owns The West Australian newspaper, Channel Seven television and other media assets across Australia.

Currency

$1AUD = 1.0592 USD

Asian markets

Japan: The NIKKEI 225 lifted 1.42% or 136.39 points to 9712.45.

Hong Kong: The Hang Seng increased 0.90% to 20813.50

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