Focus: Australia

Focus: Australia

Market Close: Tue, 27 January 2026

Daily Insights

At market close, Australian equities registered modest advances, reflecting a balanced session amid ongoing sector rotation. Utilities and materials sectors led the gains, signaling investor preference for defensive and commodity-linked plays, while industrials and real estate encountered headwinds from broader economic pressures.

Key drivers included:

  • Strength in materials (resources/mining sector), fueled by surging commodity prices as gold hit new record highs , silver jumped sharply, and copper also rose. This boosted gold miners, copper-related stocks, and major miners.
  • Financials and other sectors contributed to the broad rally.
  • BHP overtook Commonwealth Bank (CBA) as Australia's most valuable company by market cap amid the resources rotation.

Overall, it was a bullish session with solid breadth (more advancers than decliners), driven by commodity momentum and positive global cues, pushing the market close to within 2% of all-time highs.

Swing Trading Ideas (1–4 Weeks) - TEVO Methodology

Today's TEVO swing trade shortlist highlights a single high-conviction Pending Medium-Term Top Quantmatix long setup in the consumer services space. This opportunity emerges from oversold conditions with momentum showing early signs of improvement, backed by a solid historical hit rate. It positions investors for a potential 1-4 week swing targeting meaningful upside in a selective market environment.

Q Target Δ% Hit%
Seek Ltd (SEK:XASX) ★ -8.3 ↑ 23.99 +5.2% 69%

TEVO trades pick oversold/overbought but improving setups with positive expected value, strong historical hit-rates, giving you only the highest-probability swing opportunities each week.

Market Movements

Australian benchmarks edged higher, with the ASX 300 advancing amid leadership from utilities and materials, while real estate and industrials lagged notably. Standout individual performers included names in industrials and health care, contrasting sharp declines in materials like Alcoa, where pending reversal signals appeared. What this means: The rotation toward defensive sectors indicates cautious risk appetite, but with reversal setups in decliners, mean-reversion opportunities may arise if broader momentum holds.

Market Snapshot

Equities

1D WTD
S&P/ASX 50 INDEX

+1.1%

+1.1%
S&P/ASX 300

+0.9%

+0.9%
Focus: ASX 300

Top Gainers (1-Day)

1D WTD
Supply Network Limited

+10.9%

+10.9%
Capstone Copper Corp.

+7.5%

+7.5%
Pro Medicus Ltd

+5.1%

+5.1%

Top Losers (1-Day)

1D WTD
Alcoa Corporation

▼

-8.8%

-8.8%
Life360, Inc.

▲

-8.6%

-8.6%
Botanix Pharmaceuticals Limited

-8.0%

-8.0%

Sectors (Equal-Weighted)

1D (%)

Utilities
+1.3%

Materials
+0.9%

Financials
+0.8%

Consumer Sta
+0.3%

Consumer Dis
-0.0%

Information
-0.2%

Communicatio
-0.2%

Energy
-0.5%

Health Care
-0.5%

Industrials
-0.5%

Real Estate
-0.5%

Ranked by 1-day change

Quantmatix Success Stories

Our signals delivered robust performance last week, with Short-Term and Medium-Term Reversals capturing gains up to 6.5% in just days, highlighting the reliability of Quantmatix's analytical edge.

Date Profit %
DRONESHIELD LIMITED (DRO:XASX) ▼ Fri, 23 Jan +6.5%
LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED (LYC:XASX) ▼ Fri, 23 Jan +5.0%
MONADELPHOUS GROUP LIMITED (MND:XASX) ▲ Fri, 23 Jan +3.9%
NUIX LIMITED (NXL:XASX) ▲ Fri, 23 Jan +3.5%
PERPETUAL LIMITED (PPT:XASX) ▲ Fri, 23 Jan +2.2%
Key
Short-term signals ▲ Short-T DR ★ Short-T TopQ
Medium-term signals ▲ Medium-T DR ★ Medium-T TopQ ▲ Pending Medium-T DR ★ Pending Medium-T TopQ

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