The ASX200 has been slightly down 0.21% at 8,100 points. The US market was closed overnight for labour day and provided the Australian market with no catalyst.
The ASX200 is up 0.9% to 7,991 points in lunchtime trade. Inflation data this week has investors nervous the Reserve Bank could hike interest rates. The moves of other major central banks are also being watched – most importantly, the US Federal Reserve.
The ASX200 is trading up around half a per cent with Health Care and Real Estate leading gains, up around 1.1 per cent. and Industrials falling the heaviest, down just over half a per cent.
The ASX200 has closed the day as futures predicted, up just over point two of a per cent. The discretionary sector-maintained gains all day, closing up 1.3 per cent, followed by real-estate climbing slightly higher than one per cent.