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ASX down 2% and stumbling towards quarterly decline – The Sydney Morning Herald
The ASX200 has tumbled as much as 2% and is on track for a quarterly decline, and its first monthly loss since March. The big banks and miners are down.
NSW unit approvals weakened by 31.9 per cent following a 63.9 per cent jump in July.
Nationally, a significant 11 per cent fall in apartment approvals partially offset a 23 per cent rise in July, which the lender said was unsurprising given the bundling of approvals causing month-to-month volatility.
For the other states, gains were particularly strong in Western Australia (up 33.8 per cent) and Queensland (up 8.1 per cent).
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