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  • Here are the top 10 ASX 200 shares today

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    It was a rosy end to what has been a pretty rosy week for the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) this Friday. After falling quite hard on Monday, the ASX 200 spent the four following trading days recovering, including today’s decent 0.19% rise.

    That leaves the index at 8.634.6 points as we head into the weekend.

    This happy finish to the week’s trading for the local markets follows a mixed morning on the American markets.

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJX: .DJI) had a bumpy session, finally closing 0.067% lower.

    It was a little better for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index (NASDAQ: .IXIC), though, which managed a 0.22% rise.

    But let’s return to the ASX now and take a look at how the various ASX sectors ended their trading weeks.

    Winners and losers

    Despite the market’s rise today, several sectors still declined.

    The leader of those red sectors today was consumer discretionary stocks. The S&P/ASX 200 Consumer Discretionary Index (ASX: XDJ) had a shocker this session, diving 1.14%.

    Energy shares were not popular either, with the S&P/ASX 200 Energy Index (ASX: XEJ) sinking 0.55%.

    Communications shares got sold off. The S&P/ASX 200 Communication Services Index (ASX: XTJ) also received a 0.26% downgrade.

    Industrial stocks were punished as well. The S&P/ASX 200 Industrials Index (ASX: XNJ) lost 0.26% of its total value this Friday.

    Utilities shares couldn’t quite stick the landing, as you can see by the S&P/ASX 200 Utilities Index (ASX: XUJ)’s 0.06% loss.

    Our last losers for the day were consumer staples stocks. The S&P/ASX 200 Consumer Staples Index (ASX: XSJ) slipped 0.05% lower.

    Let’s now turn to the green sectors. At the front of the pack were gold shares, with the All Ordinaries Gold Index (ASX: XGD) vaulting 1.4% higher.

    Broader mining stocks were popular too. The S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) surged up 0.76% this session.

    Financial shares also saw demand, illustrated by the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Index (ASX: XFJ)’s 0.43% bounce.

    Real estate investment trusts (REITs) came next. The S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT Index (ASX: XPJ) put on 0.12% today.

    Tech stocks got out ahead as well, with the S&P/ASX 200 Information Technology Index (ASX: XIJ) lifting 0.1%.

    Finally, healthcare shares just managed to escape a loss, evidenced by the S&P/ASX 200 Healthcare Index (ASX: XHJ)’s 0.06% uptick.

    Top 10 ASX 200 shares countdown

    Lithium miner IGO Ltd (ASX: IGO) came in at the top of the index table this Friday. IGO shares had a fantastic day, rocketing 7.11% higher to finish at $6.93 per share.

    This gain came despite no news out of IGO itself. Saying that, many stocks in its space also performed well.

    Here’s the rest of today’s best:

    ASX-listed company Share price Price change
    IGO Ltd (ASX: IGO) $6.93 7.11%
    Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC) $7.82 6.25%
    Liontown Ltd (ASX: LTR) $1.32 4.76%
    Mesoblast Ltd (ASX: MSB) $2.66 4.72%
    Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN) $50.15 4.61%
    West African Resources Ltd (ASX: WAF) $2.88 4.35%
    Deep Yellow Ltd (ASX: DYL) $1.73 3.90%
    Life360 Inc (ASX: 360) $39.34 3.88%
    Sims Ltd (ASX: SGM) $17.82 3.60%
    Megaport Ltd (ASX: MP1) $13.24 3.44%

    Enjoy the weekend!

    Our top 10 shares countdown is a recurring end-of-day summary that shows which companies made big moves on the day. Check in at Fool.com.au after the weekday market closes to see which stocks make the countdown.

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  • LinkedIn is scrapping its associate product manager program and rebuilding around full-stack talent

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    LinkedIn is phasing out traditional product managers, replacing its APM track with a program that teaches new hires to design, code, and build end-to-end, said its chief product officer.

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    • LinkedIn is dismantling its associate product manager program.
    • It's replacing it with an associate builder track that trains hires to code, design, and product manage.
    • LinkedIn's chief product officer said the company has adopted small "pods" of full-stack builders.

    LinkedIn is dismantling one of Silicon Valley's most familiar early-career tracks: the associate product manager program.

    It will be replaced with a new program that trains people to code, design, and build products end-to-end.

    LinkedIn's chief product officer, Tomer Cohen, said on an episode of "Lenny's Podcast" published Thursday that the company's long-running associate product manager program will end this year.

    Starting in January, new hires will enter the associate product builder program, he said.

    "We're going to teach them how to code, design, and PM at LinkedIn," he added, referring to product management.

    The shift is part of a broader internal transformation built around what LinkedIn calls the full-stack builder model. Instead of splitting responsibilities among product managers, designers, and engineers, the company wants employees who can bring a product from idea to launch themselves, "regardless of their role in the stack," Cohen said. These builders can combine skills that were once separated across different job functions.

    Cohen said he wants these builders to develop vision, empathy, communication, creativity, and judgment — especially the ability to make "high-quality decisions in what is complex, ambiguous situations."

    "Everything else, I'm working really hard to automate," he added.

    The model is also reshaping how teams are structured. Instead of large groups split by function, LinkedIn has adopted small "pods" of cross-trained builders, allowing it to be more nimble, adaptive, and resilient.

    "They can actually match the pace of change to the pace of response," Cohen said.

    It's "less about an engineer, designer, PM working together" and more about people "who can flex across," he added.

    Cohen, who has worked at LinkedIn for nearly 14 years, said in a post on the platform last month that he is leaving the company in January.

    The end of product managers?

    Business Insider's Amanda Hoover reported last year that product managers are increasingly seen as critical in the tech world, but some remain skeptical about the role's value.

    Some companies have reevaluated their need for product managers. Business Insider's Ashley Stewart reported in March that Microsoft wants to shift its workforce composition by increasing the number of engineers relative to product or program managers to run leaner. Other companies, like Airbnb and Snap, have been rethinking the need for product managers.

    Surge AI CEO Edwin Chen said on an episode of the "No Priors" podcast published in July that early-stage teams don't need product managers at all.

    Engineering leaders should drive product direction until they no longer have the bandwidth. "Your engineer should be hands-on. They should be having great ideas as well," he said.

    Others take the opposite view. Google Brain founder Andrew Ng said in an episode of the "No Priors" podcast published in August that product management, not engineering speed, has become the bottleneck in AI startups.

    In the past, building a prototype might have taken three weeks, so waiting another week for user feedback was acceptable. But when AI tools let teams build a prototype in a day, having to "wait a week for user feedback" is "really painful," Ng said.

    That pressure forces startups to make faster product decisions, the kind of calls product managers are trained to make, he added.

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  • The Godmother of AI says she is disappointed by AI’s messaging: It’s either ‘doomsday’ or ‘total utopian’

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    Fei Fei Li said that extreme AI messaging can misinform people outside tech.

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    • Fei-Fei Li criticized extreme AI rhetoric as misleading and unhelpful for public discourse.
    • She urged balanced, factual communication about artificial intelligence and its impact.
    • Other AI leaders, including Andrew Ng and Yann LeCun, have also called for balanced AI messaging.

    The current rhetoric around AI is far too dramatic, says the Godmother of AI.

    "I like to say I'm the most boring speaker in AI these days because precisely my disappointment is the hyperbole on both sides," Fei-Fei Li said in a talk at Stanford University published on Thursday.

    "We've got the total extinction, doomsday, and all that talk about AI will ruin humanity, machine overlord," she said. On the other hand, she said, there is the "total utopian" scenario where people use words like "post-scarcity" and "infinite productivity."

    Li is a longtime Stanford computer science professor famous for inventing ImageNet. Last year, she cofounded World Labs, a company building AI models to perceive, generate, and interact with 3D environments.

    At the Stanford talk, she added that this "extreme rhetoric" is filling tech discourse and misinforming vulnerable people.

    "The world's population, especially those who are not in Silicon Valley, need to hear the facts, need to hear what this truly is," she said. "Yet that kind of discourse, that kind of communication, that kind of public education is not as good as I hope it is."

    Li is among the top computer scientists who are advocating for more balanced messaging around AI and its impact on society.

    In July, Google Brain founder Andrew Ng said that he thinks artificial general intelligence is overrated.

    AGI refers to a stage when AI systems possess human-level cognitive abilities and can learn and apply knowledge just like people. The execs of leading AI labs are often asked when they think AGI is coming and what it will mean for human workers.

    "AGI has been overhyped," Ng said in a talk at Y Combinator. "For a long time, there'll be a lot of things that humans can do that AI cannot."

    Meta's former chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, has said that large language models are "astonishing" but limited.

    "They're not a road towards what people call AGI," he said in an interview last year. "I hate the term. They're useful, there's no question. But they are not a path towards human-level intelligence."

    Last Month, LeCun announced on LinkedIn that he was leaving Meta after 12 years to launch an AI startup.

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  • This ASX All Ords stock jumped 50% in 2025, tipped to climb another 23%

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    The ASX All Ords Index (ASX: XAO) closed in the green on Friday afternoon, up 0.22% for the day. For the year-to-date, the index is 5.45% higher.

    The index gains are decent, but some ASX All Ords stocks have seen significantly stronger growth in 2025.

    Fineos Corporation Holdings PLC (ASX: FCL) shares ended the week 1.4% lower to $2.82 at the close of the ASX on Friday afternoon. But the latest dip has barely touched the huge gains the Irish public software development company has enjoyed this year. For the year-to-date, the company’s shares have grown 49.2%.

    Now, the team at Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) has weighed in on where it expects the company’s shares to go next.

    The ASX All Ords stock tipped to jump higher

    In a note to investors, Macquarie confirmed its outperform rating and $3.48 target price on Fineos shares. These are unchanged from September.

    At the time of writing, the target price implies that the ASX All Ords small-cap stock‘s shares could climb another 23.4% over the next 12 months.

    “FCL’s medium-term revenue mix targets imply ~25% Subscription fee growth, compared to MRE forecasts +10%. The implied Subscription fee growth is based on FCL’s targeted Subscription fees mix of 65% in FY27, assuming 2.5% Services revenue growth estimates,” the broker said in its note.

    Latest Guidewire Q1 FY26 results are a read-through for FINEOS 

    Macquarie has used the first quarter FY26 Guidewire Software Inc (NYSE: GWRE) results as a “read-through” for Fineos. This is where the results or performance of one company are used to predict or explain what might happen with another company in the same industry.

    The broker noted that Guidewire posted a 22% increase in annual recurring revenue (ARR), a 27% year-over-year rise in revenue, and a 20% increase in operating cash flow margin. 

    The company also raised its guidance for the full year, now expecting around 20% growth in both ARR and revenue, and about 50% growth in operating cash flow.

    When comparing valuations, Fineos trades at a much lower enterprise value/sales multiple than Guidewire. Fineos is valued at around 3.9 times sales, which is sharply lower (73%) than Guidewire’s valuation at 14.4 times sales. 

    Looking at financial metrics, the Guidewire software revenue growth is much higher than that of Fineos. Guidewire’s subscription and license revenue grew 23% over the past year, while Fineos’ software revenue grew only 5.5%. 

    Overall, Fineos is at a material discount to Guidewire. Although Macquarie’s analysts note that this could be because Guidewire has a different mix of revenue types, and spent less of its revenue on capitalised R&D compared to Fineos in the first half of FY25.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in FINEOS Corporation right now?

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  • 3 explosive ASX ETFs to buy and hold

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    For long-term investors who want exposure to fast-growing global themes without picking individual stocks, ASX exchange traded funds (ETFs) could be the answer.

    That’s because there are many out there that offer a simple, diversified way to tap into the next decade of disruption.

    Three that stand out as explosive opportunities that could be worth buying and holding for years to come are named below. Here’s what you need to know about them:

    BetaShares Australian Technology ETF (ASX: ATEC)

    The BetaShares Australian Technology ETF provides investors with exposure to homegrown innovators such as WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC), Xero Ltd (ASX: XRO), TechnologyOne Ltd (ASX: TNE), and NextDC Ltd (ASX: NXT).

    One company that highlights the long-term potential of this ETF is WiseTech Global. Its CargoWise platform is used by the world’s largest logistics companies and has become the industry standard for managing global supply chains. As freight operators continue digitising and automating their networks, WiseTech’s pricing power, global reach, and sticky customer base give it a long runway for growth.

    Betashares recently recommended this fund to investors.

    BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF (ASX: CRYP)

    For investors willing to embrace higher volatility in exchange for higher potential returns, the BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF could be worth a shout.

    It provides exposure to the stocks that are building the global cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem. Its holdings include digital asset exchanges, mining companies, and blockchain development firms such as Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN), Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT).

    Coinbase is the leading U.S. crypto exchange, it benefits directly from increasing institutional adoption of digital assets, rising transaction volumes, and the broader growth of decentralised finance applications. As blockchain technology continues to expand beyond trading into payments, tokenisation, and real-world applications, companies like Coinbase could play a central role.

    While BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF is not for the faint-hearted, over a long investment horizon, the potential upside of the digital asset industry could be substantial.

    BetaShares Video Games and Esports ETF (ASX: GAME)

    Gaming has evolved from a hobby into one of the world’s largest entertainment industries. So much so, it is now bigger than the movie and music sectors combined.

    The BetaShares Video Games and Esports ETF gives investors exposure to the companies driving that growth, including Tencent Holdings (SEHK: 700), Nintendo, and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA).

    A standout holding is Nintendo. Its iconic franchises, such as Mario to Zelda, continue to generate billions in global sales, while its hybrid Switch console remains one of the best-selling gaming systems ever. With esports expanding, digital sales rising, and subscription-based gaming becoming mainstream, companies in this ASX ETF’s portfolio are well placed to benefit from lasting consumer trends rather than short-lived fads.

    The BetaShares Video Games and Esports ETF provides a simple way to invest in an industry with massive and enduring global demand. It was also recently recommended by analysts at Betashares.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Betashares S&P Asx Australian Technology ETF right now?

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  • Russia is blocking Snapchat and Roblox, saying they’re used for ‘terrorist activities’

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    Roblox, the popular gaming platform, is now blocked in Russia. Moscow said it's been used to coordinate "terrorist" activities.

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    • Roblox and Snapchat are now blocked in Russia over what it said were concerns about extremism.
    • They're now added to an extensive list of blocked or restricted platforms in Russia for such reasons.
    • Apple's FaceTime also faces restrictions for what Russia said was "terrorist" activity.

    Russia's internet and media regulator said this week that it has blocked Snapchat and Roblox, saying both platforms were used for "extremist and terrorist" activity.

    Roskomnadzor announced its decision to block Snapchat on Thursday, but said it had already made the social media app unavailable in Russia since October 10.

    "According to law enforcement agencies, Snapchat is being used to organize and conduct terrorist activities in the country, recruit perpetrators, and commit fraud and other crimes against our citizens," it said in a statement, per state media.

    The federal agency made a similar announcement on Wednesday regarding Roblox, accusing the gaming platform of enabling the distribution of propaganda advocating for extremist or terrorist activities.

    It also said that users were using Roblox to spread "LGBT information," which Russia legally considers extremist.

    Meanwhile, Roskomnadzor said on Thursday that it is also imposing "restrictive measures" on Apple's FaceTime video calling service.

    State media outlet TASS wrote that the agency said that "FaceTime is being used to coordinate terrorist activities in the country, recruit terrorists, and commit fraud and other crimes against citizens."

    A Roblox spokesperson told Business Insider that the company has a "deep commitment to safety" and enacts proactive measures to catch and prevent harmful content on the platform.

    "We respect the local regulations in the countries where we operate and believe Roblox provides a positive space for learning, creation, and meaningful connection for everyone," they said.

    The gaming firm's CEO, Dave Baszucki, said in September 2022 that Russia contributed roughly 2 million active daily Roblox users at the time, compared to 11 million in the US.

    Apple and Snap Inc. did not respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

    Since it began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has stepped up internet regulation by placing varying degrees of restrictive measures on international social media and messaging platforms, including bans on Signal and Meta's WhatsApp and Instagram.

    Telegram, a messaging app founded by Russian-born Pavel Durov, has been partially restricted in Russia, with voice and video calls limited in the country. The Kremlin is also suspected of throttling YouTube traffic in the country.

    The Kremlin has cited extremism and terrorism concerns for internet restrictions since before 2022, but now also uses these terms to describe Ukrainian or anti-Kremlin partisan attacks on its territory.

    It's unclear, however, whether the latest restrictions are related to such attacks at all. Ukraine's defense ministry did not respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

    Additionally, Russia has been dealing with domestic attacks and threats that don't have strong links to Ukraine.

    In March 2024, at least 149 people were killed, and another 609 were injured during a coordinated attack at a concert venue in Moscow. An Afghanistan-based branch of ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

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  • Ulta Beauty says its bet on K-beauty is paying off

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    • Ulta Beauty has been making a strong push into K-Beauty, and it appears to be paying off.
    • CEO Kecia Steelman said that K-beauty is driving sales and bringing in new customers.
    • The company inked exclusive sales partnerships with K-beauty brands like Medicube and Peach & Lily.

    Ulta Beauty's bet to expand its South Korean beauty collection is paying off, driving sales and bringing in new customers.

    In a Thursday earnings call, Ulta Beauty CEO Kecia Steelman said the company's K-beauty assortment "continues to resonate and drive skincare sales."

    She said that aside from its long-standing exclusive sales partnership with skincare and beauty brand Peach & Lily, it expanded its K-beauty brand portfolio in 2025.

    "We saw space for growing K-beauty trends in both skincare and makeup," Steelman said to investors. "We moved with agility to build a complementary and largely exclusive pipeline, including a portfolio of new and many exclusive brands throughout 2025, like a new Medicube, TIRTIR, Fwee, and Unleashia."

    Ulta Beauty is the only US retailer selling products from beauty-tech company Medicube, which has been promoted by celebrities such as Kylie Jenner and Hailey Bieber.

    Steelman added that some K-beauty brands, like pimple-patch brand Starface, "benefited from newness and social media virality." The brand sells cute, colorful pimple patches, shaped like stars and cartoon characters.

    She said the brands are attracting "the next generation" of customers.

    Ulta Beauty posted third-quarter results on Thursday, reporting net sales of $2.9 billion, a 12.9% increase from the same period a year ago. Its same-store sales increased 6.3% year-on-year.

    The company's stock price rose by almost 6% in after-hours trading on Thursday. It's up about 33% in the past year.

    This comes as K-beauty is establishing a strong fan base in the US. Data from marketing research firm NielsenIQ showed that K-beauty was a $2 billion industry in the US in the year leading up to July 2025, a 37% from the same period the year before.

    Beauty retail experts told Business Insider in October that the draw of K-beauty was their affordable price point.

    Anna Keller, a principal analyst from London-based market research firm Mintel, told Business Insider, "They're super affordable, so you're getting high-quality, effective products without breaking the bank."

    Ulta Beauty and Sephora are attempting to secure exclusive sales partnerships with K-beauty brands before the mega South Korean beauty retailer, Olive Young, makes its highly anticipated debut in the US next year.

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  • Brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy today

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    It has been another busy week for many of Australia’s top brokers. This has led to the release of a number of broker notes.

    Three broker buy ratings that you might want to know more about are summarised below. Here’s why brokers think these ASX shares are in the buy zone right now:

    CSL Ltd (ASX: CSL)

    According to a note out of Morgan Stanley, its analysts have retained their overweight rating and $256.00 price target on this biotechnology company’s shares. The broker remains very positive on CSL’s outlook due to the long term demand for immunoglobulins and plasma yield improvements from the Horizon program. It expects the latter to be supportive of a margin recovery in the key CSL Behring business. In light of this and recent share price weakness, the broker sees a favourable risk/reward profit here for investors. The CSL share price is trading at $183.21 on Friday afternoon.

    NextDC Ltd (ASX: NXT)

    A note out of Citi reveals that its analysts have retained their buy rating and $18.35 price target on this data centre operator’s shares. This follows news that the company has signed an agreement with ChatGPT’s owner, OpenAI. Citi notes that OpenAI is set to become an anchor tenant for the 650MW S7 data centre at Eastern Creek in Sydney. While revenue from this centre is still a couple of years away, the broker was pleased with the news and the diversification that it brings to its customer base. The NextDC share price is fetching $13.91 at the time of writing.

    WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC)

    Analysts at Macquarie have upgraded this logistics solutions technology company’s shares to an outperform rating with a $108.50 price target. According to the note, the broker is feeling more confident about WiseTech Global’s business model transition. And while it sees limited risk with its half year result, it remains cautious on its FY 2026 result and FY 2027 guidance. Nevertheless, the broker is bullish on the long term and believes that the company can and will fundamentally reshape the logistics industry. It also notes that execution risks are commensurate with the size and deliverability of a massive market opportunity, and that its current share price doesn’t reflect this delivery. The WiseTech Global share price is trading at $73.28 this afternoon.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in CSL right now?

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  • Lithium price rebounds 25% in 2025: Which ASX lithium shares are a buy?

    A statuesque woman throws earth in the air in front of a rocky outcrop.

    The lithium carbonate price has surged 25% in 2025 and now sits at an 18-month high of US$13,292 per tonne.

    The commodity’s rebound began in June amid higher demand for lithium to power battery infrastructure and electric vehicles (EVs).

    Major global lithium producer Ganfeng expects lithium demand to grow by 30% in the new year.

    Meantime, China is implementing supportive measures for the EV industry, which will boost lithium demand.

    Analysts at Trading Economics said:

    Top lithium consumer China stated it would double EV charging capacity to 180 gigawatts by 2027, supporting lithium-rich energy storage systems with compensation mechanisms for power storage infrastructure.

    Also, output of new energy vehicles in China rose by 33.1% in the first ten months of the year, with October sales reflecting 51.6% of the market share, the first majority for new energy vehicles on record.

    Other lithium prices are also higher.

    The Spodumene Concentrate Index (CIF China) Price has ripped 26% in a month to US$1,162 per tonne.

    The Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide price is also up about 9.5% in a month to US$10,300.32 per tonne.

    China is also enacting anti-involution initiatives to constrain the output of critical minerals like lithium to preserve current price levels.

    Broker recommendations on ASX lithium shares

    Higher lithium prices have provided a tailwind for ASX lithium shares, many of which have recently hit new 52-week highs.

    Today, the Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price is $3.82, up 2.3% on Friday and up 184% since 1 July.

    The market’s largest pure-play ASX lithium share hit a 52-week high of $4.26 last month.

    Last month, Citi reiterated its hold rating on Pilbara Minerals shares with a 12-month price target of $3.25.

    Morgans says this ASX lithium share is a sell with a price target range of $2.80 to $3.10.

    IGO Ltd (ASX: IGO) shares are $6.91, up 7% on Friday and up 66% since 1 July.

    The nickel and lithium producer reached a 52-week high of $7.35 per share last month.

    Macquarie put a buy rating on IGO shares this week with a price target of $5.75.

    Citi has a hold rating with a price target of $5.60.

    Morgan Stanley has a sell rating on this ASX lithium share with a target range of $4.50 to $4.60.

    The Liontown Ltd (ASX: LTR) share price is $1.33, up 5.6% today and up 90% since 1 July.

    Liontown shares hit a 52-week high of $1.61 last month.

    Last week, Macquarie put a sell rating on Liontown with a price target of 65 cents.

    Citi also has a sell rating with a target of 50 cents.

    Outlook for lithium prices

    Jacob White from Sprott Asset Management said lithium sentiment turned bullish this year following three years of decline.

    Now, expectations of stronger demand outside the US mean global oversupply may be absorbed sooner than anticipated.

    In an article this week, White said:

    This rebound is being driven by robust demand growth and ongoing inventory reduction, alongside regulatory tightening, including the shutdown of a major Chinese lithium mine by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) and new government measures aimed at preventing producers from selling lithium at unsustainably low prices.

    The increased recognition of lithium as a critical mineral, combined with Western concerns over China’s control of global supply chains, is bolstering the sector outside of China.

    These combined forces are reshaping the global lithium landscape and providing support to prices.

    White said Sprott Investment had a positive outlook on lithium prices.

    As supply adjustments take hold and global EV demand remains relatively strong, our outlook on lithium remains positive.

    We believe price stabilization, industry consolidation and continued government stimulus measures in China should support long-term growth prospects even as shifting U.S. policies create uncertainty.

    White points out that lithium batteries are increasingly being used in data centres that are powering the artificial intelligence revolution.

    He said:

    Given that the electricity demand of global data centers is projected to rise 2.5 times by 2030, there is significant room for growth. 

    Google is using more than 100 million lithium-ion cells in its data centres worldwide.

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  • Macquarie says this top ASX tech stock could rise 15%

    A young man pointing up looking amazed, indicating a surging share price movement for an ASX company

    Imdex Ltd (ASX: IMD) shares are pushing higher on Friday afternoon.

    At the time of writing, the mining technology company’s shares are up almost 2% to $3.30.

    This means that its shares are now up almost 40% since the start of the year.

    But if you thought it was too late to invest, think again! That’s because analysts at Macquarie believe the ASX tech stock could keep rising from here.

    What is the broker saying about this ASX tech stock?

    Macquarie notes that the company has announced acquisitions that will expand its market-leading product suite. It said:

    Imdex will acquire 100% of Advanced Logic Technology (ALT) and its subsidiary, Mount Sopris Instruments (MSI) for €55.8m (~A$98.9m) upfront and performance-linked deferred components including ~A$4.5m and ~A$35.4m. The acquisition will be funded from existing cash and debt facilities, with proforma leverage ~1.1x post completion.

    The broker appears positive on the move and believes it will create some easy wins that accelerate growth and margins. It adds:

    Expands the portfolio with complementary offerings. The acquired product portfolios are complementary and don’t compete with existing IMD products. Around 20% of revenue is software with an 85% GM, while the hardware business is ~45%

    Some easy wins to accelerate growth & margins. Leveraging IMD’s global network is expected to generate quick wins, particularly in markets where the business currently has lower penetration. The approximately 45% gross margin in hardware has been partly driven by one-off sales revenue; however, transitioning to IMD’s rental model is likely to deliver more sustainable and stronger margins over time.

    Time to buy

    According to the note, the broker has upgraded Imdex’s shares to an outperform rating with an improved price target of $3.80.

    Based on its current share price, this implies potential upside of 15% for investors over the next 12 months.

    In addition, it expects a modest 1.1% dividend yield in FY 2026, growing to 2.9% in FY 2027.

    Commenting on its outperform rating, Macquarie said:

    Capital raising & drilling activity levels continue to improve – IMD’s AGM noted an increase in rig utilisation in all regions. Current multiple ~11x EBITDA is near the top of its range, but we see potential for a re-rate if IMD can accelerate growth in its software business, both organic and M&A.

    Valuation: TP +4% to $3.80ps (set near the top end of our valuation range), driven by incorporation of ALT & MSI into our forecasts. Catalysts: 1H26 result, ongoing improvement in raising and drilling activity, strategic M&A, building out software businesses.

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