Money News With Ross Greenwood: Highlights

Droneshield’s share price has exploded so far this year, so does the threat of war help their outlook? MARKET WRAP: ASX200: down 0.08%, 8541 GOLD: $3,395 US/ounce BITCOIN: $162,400 AUD Santos edged marginally higher to $7.76 despite Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers warning a $30 billion takeover deal from a UAE based group “has got a long way to run yet”. Gold miners Newmont rose 2.5% and Northern Star rose by 1.5% Uranium stocks were up again, with Deep Yellow up 5.7% and Boss Energy rising more than 3% Life360 was more than 1% higher after a broker upgrade. Pro Medicus dropped just under 1% to $272 a share, while Cochlear dropped 1.6% to $281.66.  Genesis Minerals also fell more than 2% to $4.67 James Hardie fell 2.9% to $38.77. CURRENCY UPDATE: AUD/USD: 65.3 AUD/GBP: 48.2 pence AUD/EUR: 56 Euro cents AUD/JPY: 94 yen AUD/NZD: 1.07 Dollars See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.