Weekly Market Update 18 October 2019

Weekly Market Update 18 October 2019 Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw major share markets continue to push higher helped by the lessening in geopolitical risks around trade and Brexit and a solid start to US September quarter earnings reports. Australian shares also rose with solid gains in energy, health, consumer discretionary, industrial and financial shares but a sharp fall in material stocks and reduced expectations for rate cuts …