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S&P/ASX 200 gives back morning gains after financials and materials fall

Published: 12:47 02 Jun 2020 AEST

Argosy Minerals Ltd - S&P/ASX 200 gives back morning gains after financials and materials fall

S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) is trading 8 points or 0.14% down to 5811 at 12.21 pm dragged down by financials and materials as tech and consumer discretionary names lead gains.

Westpac Banking Corp (ASX:WBC) is the worst performer amongst the big four banks with a 1.04% decline, National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX:NAB) is down 0.11% and National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX:NAB) fell 0.17%.

Australian general government final consumption expenditure increased by $1.93 billion or 2.0% in the March 2020 quarter and is expected to contribute 0.3% to the volume measure of GDP growth for the quarter.

The best performing stocks on the ASX today include Cape Lambert Resources Limited (ASX:CFE) (+50.00%), Ansila Energy NL (ASX:ANA) (+17.65%), MMJ Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:MMJ) (+12.50%), Broken Hill Prospecting Ltd (ASX:BPL) (+9.09%), Fe Limited (ASX:FEL) (+9.09%) and Brookside Energy Ltd (ASX:BRK) (+20.00%).

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