FEAR & GREED | Business News Miners shine as tech, healthcare fade; rates hit auctions; Netflix buys Warner Bros
Dec 7, 2025
Australia's mining sector shines while tech and healthcare stocks stumble. Rate hike fears chill the housing market and affect auction clearance rates. Defence warns about unexploded ordnance, urging caution as the holidays approach. The government faces scrutiny over Communications Minister Anika Wells' travel expenses. In major industry news, Netflix's $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros raises eyebrows about the future of cinemas and content in the streaming world.
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Miners Outperform, Tech And Healthcare Lag
- The ASX materials index, driven by miners and gold, outperformed all sectors, up about 21% over the year.
- Tech and healthcare lagged badly, down roughly 21–22%, showing a major sector rotation in 2025.
Microcap Gold Rocketed 8,233%
- Dateline Resources, a tiny gold titler, surged over 8,000% in a year, briefly hitting about 60 cents a share.
- Sean used this to highlight extreme microcap volatility versus blue-chip stability.
Household Names Among Biggest Losers
- Many of the worst-performing ASX200 stocks over the year are household names, not obscure firms.
- This shows that high profile status doesn't prevent large share price declines from varied causes like governance or overseas weakness.