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Australia’s most serious skills shortage

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Australia’s most serious skills shortage

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Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • EWA iShares MSCI Australia ETF+0.2% 30d

    iShares MSCI Australia ETF holds stocks listed in Australia, which this story is about (“australia”).

  • EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF-1.9% 17d

    iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF holds stocks listed in Taiwan, which this story is about (“taiwan”).

  • BHP BHP Group-8.1% 30d

    BHP Group (metal mining) is one of the largest Australia-based companies traded in the US, so news about Australia (“australia”) reaches its shares.

  • IREN Iren-61.8% 30d

    Iren (finance services) is one of the largest Australia-based companies traded in the US, so news about Australia (“australia”) reaches its shares.

  • MESO Mesoblast

    Mesoblast (biological products, (no diagnostic substances)) is one of the largest Australia-based companies traded in the US, so news about Australia (“australia”) reaches its shares.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
EWA+0.75%+2.19%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
EWT+12.86%+8.78%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
BHP+0.25%+0.34%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
IREN+1.83%+0.32%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
MESO+2.14%+0.18%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

Australia’s most serious skills shortage The Spectator Australia

Source: The Spectator Australia

This story

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
BHPthree days earlier+0.34%final price
BHPfive days earlier+0.25%final price
EWAthree days earlier+2.19%final price
EWAfive days earlier+0.75%final price
EWTthree days earlier+8.78%final price
EWTfive days earlier+12.86%final price
IRENthree days earlier+0.32%final price
IRENfive days earlier+1.83%final price
MESOthree days earlier+0.18%final price
MESOfive days earlier+2.14%final price

How solid “Australia’s most serious skills shortage” looks

12 out of 100

“Australia’s most serious skills shortage” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.