S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) is rising for a fourth consecutive session with the index adding 0.20% to 6900 points by 1.13 pm, trading near fresh 13-month highs.
Gains have been widespread with nearly every sector in the green with the IT sector leading improvements along with healthcare and property.
Travel stocks have gained following yesterday’s announcement that the Trans-Tasman travel bubble will begin on April 19.
Qantas (ASX:QAN) rose 3.3%, Flight Centre (ASX:FLT) gained 1.7% and Webjet (ASX:WEB) advanced 0.7%.
4.5% growth forecast for Australia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its global economic forecasts, including for Australia.
The IMF is expecting the Australian economy to grow by 4.5% this year and 2.8% in 2022. In January, the IMF had expected the economy to grow by 3.5% in 2021.
Top gainers
Today’s top gainers on the ASX include Alto Metals Ltd (ASX:AME) (+13.58%), Antipa Minerals Ltd (ASX:AZY) (+28.57%), Caspin Resources Ltd (ASX:CPN) (+28.24%), Imugene Limited (ASX:IMU) (+13.08%), Kneomedia Ltd (ASX:KNM) (+12.50%), MGC Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:MXC) (+9.84%) and Rumble Resources Ltd (ASX:RTR) (+28.57%).
Proactive news headlines:
Alta Zinc hits thick, high-grade zinc and lead in maiden Ponente drilling at Gorno Project in Italy with silver to boot
Alta Zinc Ltd (ASX:AZI) (FRA:8EE) has received thick, high-grade zinc and lead results from the first drill pad of its maiden drilling program at Ponente area of the Gorno Project in Italy with added silver.
Auteco Minerals discovery of more high-grade gold provides momentum to upcoming resource increase
Auteco Minerals Ltd’s (ASX:AUT) (OTCMKTS:MNXMF) strategy to upgrade and grow the 1-million-ounce inferred resource at its Pickle Crow Gold Project in Canada continues to deliver strong results with the discovery of more high-grade mineralisation.
Perseus Mining results demonstrate organic growth potential of gold inventory across multi-mine asset portfolio
Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:PRU) (TSE:PRU) (OTCMKTS:PMNXF) (FRA:P4Q) has demonstrated potential for organic growth of gold inventories across its multi-mine asset portfolio in Côte d’Ivoire with further broad high-grade results from regional drilling at Sissingué and Yaouré.
K2fly on the move with record quarterly invoices of $2.06 million, ARR up 26% and TCV up 56%
K2fly Ltd (ASX:K2F) experienced a record invoicing quarter, with A$2.06 million in invoices raised in the March quarter, a 28% increase on the A$1.61 million of the corresponding quarter of FY20.
Castillo Copper to resume aggressive exploration of flagship Mt Oxide Project with 11 new targets and copper-focused pipeline
Castillo Copper Ltd’s (ASX:CCZ) (LON:CCZ) (FRA:7OR) geology team plans to return this month to the flagship Mt Oxide Project within the Mt Isa copper belt in Queensland following the wet season.
Miramar Resources set for busy period as it kicks off drilling after gathering data for highly prospective gold projects
Miramar Resources Ltd (ASX:DRM) has kicked off drilling at its highly prospective gold projects in world-class locations and is progressing various other projects through permitting and or tenement grant.
CV Check completes Bright People Technologies acquisition
CV Check Ltd (ASX:CV1) has completed the acquisition of CI6 Pty Ltd an entity that owns Bright People Technologies Pty Ltd (BPT), a SaaS cloud-based provider of workforce credentials and compliance software through the Enable and Cited brands.