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S&P/ASX 200 lifts for a fifth straight session; gets closer to all-time high

Published: 13:05 19 Apr 2021 AEST

Arrow Minerals Ltd - S&P/ASX 200

S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) is higher for a fifth consecutive session to start the new week and is ~1.7% away from the all-time high of 7,197 hit in February last year.

The index was last trading about 0.17% higher at 7075.6 points by 12.52 pm.

Leading improvements were materials, financials and utilities while energy, IT and communications stocks fell.

Largest global lithium company

Lithium miners Galaxy Resources (ASX:GXY) and Orocobre (ASX:ORE) have agreed on a $4 billion merger to create the fifth largest global lithium chemicals company.

According to the scheme, Orocobre shareholders will own 54.2% of the new entity with Galaxy shareholders owning the remaining 45.8%.

COVID-19 wave

India’s COVID-19 infection rate has hit a record high while Germany’s chancellor on Friday said a third wave of the virus had the country in its grip.

India added about 270,000 new cases on Sunday, taking its total reported cases to more than 15 million.

The sub-continent is the only country other than the US to cross 15 million cumulative cases.

Top gainers

Today’s top gainers on the ASX include Arrow Minerals Ltd (ASX:AMD) (+14.29%), Carnavale Resources Limited (ASX:CAV) (+11.11%), Golden Rim Resources Ltd. (ASX:GMR) (+22.22%), Rumble Resources Ltd (ASX:RTR) (+75.00%), Walkabout Resources Ltd (ASX:WKT) (+8.33%) and Elementos Limited (ASX:ELT) (+8.33%).

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