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ASX set to climb as $90b JobKeeper ends – The Sydney Morning Herald
ASX futures were up 0.7% and pointing to early gains for the local market on Monday. Today marks the end of the $90 billion JobKeeper scheme.
The S&P 500 and Dow rose in a broad-based rally on Friday with technology, healthcare and financial stocks providing the biggest lift as investors bet on a recovery that is expected to deliver the fastest economic growth since 1984.
The S&P 500 and the Dow ended a seesaw week higher as investors rebalancing their portfolios at the quarters end continued to buy stocks that stand to benefit from a growing economy while they added some beaten-down technology shares.
The Nasdaq also ended higher as…
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