End-of-day summary:
The share market's recovery from its April lows continued today with a brief push past the ASX 200's old record close before profit-taking dragged the market narrowly into the red.
The Australian stock benchmark rallied 11 points past the February 14 close of 8556 before fading to a loss of three points or 0.03% as investors locked in gains in Commonwealth Bank, QBE and other stocks trading at records. The index ended the session at 8539.
A solid session for tech companies, REITs and select miners was offset by declines in CSL, energy producers, the major supermarkets and some of the banks.
This morning's early strength came as commodity price gains helped offset mixed leads from Wall Street. The S&P 500 closed flat overnight as soft economic data raised questions about the impact of tariff uncertainty.
