S&P/ ASX 200 closes at 9,082.25 after 0.71% decline
Published on 11/13/2026 at 13:05 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSASX 200 ends week under pressure
- The S&P/ASX 200 closed Friday, November 13, at 9,082.25 points, down 0.71% on the session.
- Materials and financial stocks weighed on the benchmark as global risk sentiment weakened after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's departure.
- Despite Friday's decline, the index gained 0.7% over the five trading sessions.
The S&P/ASX 200 ended Friday, November 13, at 9,082.25 points, down 0.71% from Thursday's close. The benchmark finished lower after a broad retreat in Australian equities, although it still recorded a 0.7% gain over the five trading sessions. The closing level and daily performance are shown by S&P Dow Jones Indices; the weekly performance and market overview were reported by Yahoo Finance Australia.
Miners and banks drag on benchmark
Eight of the 11 sectors finished lower, with major miners and the large banks among the main sources of weakness. BHP fell 1.26% to AUD 58.86, while Rio Tinto declined 0.70% to AUD 149.52 and Fortescue lost 1.33% to AUD 14.85, according to Yahoo Finance Australia. The sector pressure was consistent with a weaker session for materials and financial stocks.
Paladin Energy was one of the sharpest individual decliners, falling 17.58% to AUD 7.17 after completing a AUD 525 million equity raising. The company-specific move added to the pressure on the market's resources segment, but it should not be treated as a separate index-wide driver.
Global risk sentiment sets the tone
Investors also digested the resignation of Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, which unsettled technology markets overnight and contributed to weaker sentiment in Australia. ABC News reported that the ASX 200 remained lower through the Australian session as global markets responded to the news.
Oil prices also moved higher after attacks on energy infrastructure and disruption concerns around the Strait of Hormuz. That backdrop supported energy shares but increased broader inflation and interest-rate concerns. The market's reaction therefore reflected both company-specific uncertainty in global technology and renewed pressure on commodity-sensitive and interest-rate-sensitive parts of the Australian benchmark.
Weekly gain masks uneven breadth
Friday's decline came after the index had advanced over the week, leaving the broader weekly result positive despite the late retreat. For investors, the combination of a weekly gain and a weaker final session points to a market that remains supported at the index level but is sensitive to global technology shocks, commodity prices and moves in the major banks.
Further reports on the S&P/ASX 200 are available in the S&P/ASX 200 topic overview.
