ASX 200 Market Today: ASX is Trading Lower Today

• ASX is trading lower today despite of  Friday's gains on Wall Street after positive job data from US. In morning, Australian markets opened higher with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 added 24.3 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 5425. The broader All Ords opened up by 24.3 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 5418.7.

• This is how different sectors opened today:

• Consumer discretionary: +1.2%

• Consumer staples: +0.7%

• Energy: +0.7%

• Financials: +0.4%

• Materials: +0.7%

• Gold miners -1.6%

• The Australian dollar is surprisingly trading lower after a strong US jobs data; The local unit was trading at 93.72 US cents, down from 94.65 cents on Friday. 

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