Weekly Wrap: Can the ASX Overcome Trade Turmoil? Investors Brace for Volatility

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It was one of those weeks on the share market when the good news and the bad news fought for domination. In the end, both had a reasonable claim to have won the week, with the Australian share market ...

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rise in shares in Beach Energy (ASX: BPT) $1.25 while shares in Woodside (ASX: WDS) also rallied 1% to $24.40.\nHeading in the opposite direction were shares in Santos (ASX: STO) which fell 1.2% to $6.37 after chairman Keith Spence refuse to provide more details about the abrupt resignation of chief financial officer Sherry Duhe as he spoke to investors.\nShares in the big miners were also stronger, with Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) up 1.5% to $231.82, and shares in BHP (ASX: BHP) also up 0.5% at $43.24.\nCritical Minerals have a Boom Week\nFollowing the deal with US President Donald Trump, critical minerals producers continued their incredible bull run, with shares in Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) up 6.5% to $44.94, and shares in IGO (ASX: IGO) up 8% to $5.82.\nShares in Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) climbed 9.1% to a one-year peak of $3.23 after positive quarterly results, meaning the lithium miner’s shares have nearly tripled since early April.\nIt was the opposite story for gold stocks after gold prices continued to retreat from a record high of US$4,381.21, which was set on Monday.\nAmong the biggest losers with shares in Newmont (ASX: NEM) which fell 4.4% to $127.15, with Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) down 1.1% to $10.50.\nIt was a bleaker picture for the financial sector with shares in all four big banks falling, with ANZ (ASX: ANZ) down the most, losing 1% to $36.64.\nWhitehaven Coal (ASX: WHC) fell 0.4% to $6.98 after quarterly results showed the company burned $200 million of cash over the three months to September 30 amid weak coal prices.\nThe week ahead\nThis week we should get some more indications about whether interest rates will keep trending down or not, both in Australia and the US.\nThe local measure to watch for is the Reserve Bank’s preferred measure of inflation, the trimmed mean consumer price index, which is released on Wednesday.\nWith the September quarter figure expected to come in at around 0.8% and the annual rate unchanged at 2.7%, anything more 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