Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Slips on Christmas Eve as Banks Weigh and Record Copper Prices Lift Miners (24 December 2025)
Australia’s share market finished Christmas Eve trading in the red after a shortened session, with the S&P/ASX 200 closing down 0.4% (33 points) at 8,763. The early finish capped a volatile pre-holiday week that still ended positive, with the benchmark up about 1.6% for the week even as investors rotated between richly priced bank stocks and resources names buoyed by surging metals prices. ABC+1 With ASX Trade closing early at 14:10 Sydney time on 24 December and the market set for a multi-day holiday pause before reopening, traders largely focused on positioning into year-end themes: whether Australian interest rates might