Australian sharemarket crashes to lowest since April, 2025; S&P/ASX 200 falls to 11-week low; here’s how Wall Street’s drop rattled Australia
The Economic Times·2026-02-06 07:49
The S&P/ASX 200 closed sharply lower Friday, dropping 180.40 points, or 2.03%, to 8,708.80 and setting a new 20-day low. According to the ASX website, the bottom-performing stocks in this index were WEB TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED and DEEP YELLOW LIMITED, down 29.52% and 12.00%, respectively. The index has lost 1.81% for the last five days but is virtually unchanged over the last year to date.S&P/ASX 200: Top Gainers and LosersPEXA Group Limited (PXA) ended the session at $13.740, gaining $0.150, or 1.103 per cen ...