The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have surged to record highs this week as investors focused on strong financial reports from US companies.
Noel Randewich
Naval clashes between the US and Iran have sent shockwaves through Australian markets as traders fear a resurging oil price.
Cameron Micallef
The local bourse closed the week just up after a sharp sell-off on Friday erased several sessions of gains, as fighting reignited between the US and Iran.
Adrian Black
Macquarie Group’s profit topped analyst expectations, spurred by activity in its key commodities and global markets division.
Daniel Newell
A one-month surge in copper prices sent Rio Tinto shares to a record $252 billion valuation this week, amid rising bets inflation will push commodities higher.
Tom Richardson
US stocks have closed lower as investors digested economic data and comments from members of the Federal Reserve.
Noel Randewich and Sruthi Shankar
Optimism over a US-Iran peace deal has boosted global shares to near fresh highs while lowering crude prices, although they're still above pre-war levels.
Sophie Kiderlin and Ankur Banerjee
A strong lead in from Wall Street overnight and a one-page memo issued by US President Donald Trump helped lift the Australian sharemarket on Thursday.
Shares in the ASX-listed company behind big-box retailers BCF, Rebel and Supercheap Auto were hammered after it reported a soft trading update as consumers batten down the hatches.
The betting group says AUSTRAC is looking at “a number of serious concerns” with Tabcorp’s ability to identify and stop money laundering and monitor its customers.
Sean Smith
With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen.
Mae Anderson and David McHugh
Former Fortescue chief executive Elizabeth Gaines has offloaded most of her shareholding in the Andrew Forrest-founded iron ore miner.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
Blasting solutions company Orica has banked record returns thanks to strong commodity prices and largely dodging supply impacts from the Middles East conflict.
A tumbling oil price and rally in tech stocks such as Google-parent Alphabet on Wall Street has set the S&P/ASX 200 up for a positive opening today.
US stocks have closed higher as investors cheered possible signs of a peace agreement between the United States and Iran.
Noel Randewich and Utkarsh Hathi
Australian shares have posted their strongest rally since April as banks and miners surge, following comments by US President Donald Trump
Australian investors have parked a huge amount of money in overseas sharemarkets, with one country standing out among the rest.
Ike Morris
The surprising reason for the Australian dollar being propelled to a four-year high has been revealed.
Three consecutive rate hikes have failed to tame inflation – with oil price shocks now threatening to trigger even more aggressive monetary policy.
Amanda Lacaze used what was likely her last public speech as Lynas CEO to rebuff the ‘boofhead’ image of mining and warn that power outages could plague her company’s Kalgoorlie refinery for years to come.
Adrian Rauso
Consumers can expect to pay more for smartphones and laptops, JB Hi-Fi boss Nick Wells warns, as the artificial intelligence-led boom in data centres squeezes technology supply chains.
Cheyanne Enciso
Hopes for an end to the Middle East energy crisis have helped bolster the local exchange, after it tumbled for 10 of the previous 11 sessions.
The trust, Australia’s biggest owner of Bunnings sites, is raising $228m through a one-for-12 rights issue to fund expansion and store upgrades.
CDC Data Centres is forecasting a surge in earnings over the next three years after agreeing Australia’s largest data centre contract, stoking the value of its largest holder Infratil.
Tracy Withers
