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iShares MSCI Australia ETF

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The fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The underlying index is designed to measure the performance of large- and mid-capitalization segments of the Australian equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Open

26.12

Mkt cap

1.6B

Volume

1.8M

High

26.13

P/E Ratio

15.38

52-wk high

27.23

Low

25.81

Div yield

0.04

52-wk low

21.14

Australia's home loans for June increased by 0.5%, surpassing the estimated -1.0% and showing improvement from the revised -1.9% in the prior month.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 02, 2024 | 6:05 am

Australia's Trimmed Mean Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Q2 came in at 0.8% quarter-over-quarter, below the estimated 1.0% and the prior 1.0%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2024 | 4:45 am

Australia's retail sales for June increased by 0.5% month-over-month, surpassing the estimated 0.2% but slightly below the prior month's 0.6%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2024 | 4:44 am

Australia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Q2 has been reported at 3.8% year-over-year, matching the estimated 3.8% and up from the prior 3.6%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2024 | 4:44 am

Australia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Q2 remained unchanged at 1.0%, matching the estimated value. This stability in inflation could have implications for investments related to the Australian market.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2024 | 4:44 am

Australia's building approvals for June fell by 6.5% month-over-month, significantly worse than the estimated decline of 2.3% and a sharp drop from the revised 5.7% increase in the prior month.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 30, 2024 | 4:33 am

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that the United Nations lacks the expertise to handle global tax issues and involves too many countries. She mentioned that significant progress has been made in the Pillar 1 talks on digital taxes, but India, China, and Australia are still holding out.

Portfolio Pulse from charles@benzinga.com

July 26, 2024 | 6:38 pm

Australia's full employment change for June was reported at 43.3K, higher than the revised prior figure of 41.3K.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 18, 2024 | 4:20 am

Australia's employment change for June significantly exceeded expectations, with 50.2K jobs added compared to the estimated 19.9K. The previous month's figure was revised to 39.5K.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 18, 2024 | 4:19 am

Australia's home loans decreased by 2.0% month-over-month, missing the estimated 2.0% increase and down from the revised 4.5% prior. This could impact ETFs with significant exposure to the Australian market.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 08, 2024 | 4:44 am

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