Australian stocks ended a disappointing week on a positive note, helped by some dip buying in beaten-down tech stocks and record closes on Wall St for the Dow and S&P 500.

Australian stocks ended a disappointing week on a positive note, helped by some dip buying in beaten-down tech stocks and record closes on Wall St for the Dow and S&P 500. Materials, energy and IT all finished strongly. Materials were helped by a gain in base commodities overnight as well as a rebound in the crude price. Financial and staples were the underperformers.Our top three VODs are:A cap for all seasons: Adam Dawes goes big, small AND mediumRudi’s take on why CSL’s share price is sliding and why it’s unlikely to lastThree under-appreciated income stocks yielding 4-9% Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.