Technology

Shares in the energy-market software provider closed at $10.85 on 30 July 2026, standing out on a broadly weaker ASX as investors weighed record recent results against a past private-equity takeover approach that ultimately lapsed.

Appen Limited (ASX:APX) climbed 6.37% to $1.09 on 30 July 2026 as investors rotated into technology and digested a first-half update showing double-digit revenue growth, a swing to positive underlying earnings and a surging China business.

Shares in road-safety technology group Acusensus Limited (ASX:ACE) rose 5.08% to $1.04 on 30 July 2026, joining a broader technology rally as investors weighed the company's fast-growing international enforcement business against its reliance on government tenders.

Silex Systems shares closed at $4.16 on 30 July 2026 with no fresh company news, moving in step with a broad ASX resources retreat rather than any shift in its laser uranium-enrichment story.

As the S&P/ASX 200 slid on 30 July 2026, technology was the only sector to finish higher — a rotation out of gold miners and into growth names like WiseTech, Xero and TechnologyOne worth unpacking.

WiseTech Global Limited (ASX:WTC) closed at $37.68 on 30 July 2026 as money fled gold miners and flowed into technology, the only ASX sector to finish the session higher against a falling wider market.

Xero Limited (ASX:XRO) closed at $71.60 on 30 July 2026 as money fled gold miners and moved into technology, the only ASX sector to finish higher against a broadly weaker market.