ASX 200 closes out solid recovery week with another gain as energy, uranium, and gold stocks star

Resources stocks were in focus today as gains in oil, natural gas, gold, and silver stoked big gains in each of those areas of the market.
Carl Capolingua

Livewire Markets

The S&P/ASX 200 closed 27.4 points higher, up 0.36%.
The S&P/ASX 200 closed 27.4 points higher, up 0.36%.

It was a relatively quiet end to what will go down as a very good week for Aussie investors. Look at a chart of the S&P/ASX 200 and you'll see this week's gain couldn't have come at a better time, as the price of the benchmark was teetering in the wake of April's sharp correction.

Resources stocks were again in focus today, as increases in the prices of crude oil, natural gas, gold, and silver stoked big gains in each of those areas of the market. Uranium stocks bounced back nicely after their pullback yesterday.

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Carl has over 30-years investing experience and has helped investors navigate several bull and bear markets over this time. He is a well respected markets commentator who specialises in how the global macro impacts Australian and US equities. Carl...

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