US stocks have opened higher after a jobs report revealed nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 in July, putting fears of a September interest rate hike on hold.
Staff Writers
A four-day winning streak has been cut short by fresh Middle East tensions, with all four major banks among the hardest hit on Friday.
Cameron Micallef
tlassian shares rocketed after revenue jumped 28 per cent and its billionaire founder pledged to buy up to $356m of stock, pushing back against fears AI could gut the software giant.
Ryan Johnson
Coles is set to shift hundreds of jobs offshore after partnering with a consulting and digital management firm to ensure it can ‘meet customers’ growing expectations’.
Daniel Newell
US stocks have closed lower as investors monitored earnings reports and developments in the Middle East.
Chuck Mikolajczak and Shashwat Chauhan
Gold miners and healthcare stocks have powered the ASX 200 to another record close, as investors make a huge bet on the latest round of peace talks.
The $630 billion US banking giant confirmed on Thursday it had leased space in Perth’s central business district for an office to be headed by BofA’s co-head of natural resources investment banking.
Sean Smith
The wealth manager’s China stakes supplied two-thirds of its first-half profit growth and helped underpin another $150m share buyback.
European shares have briefly touched a record high as company earnings boost sentiment, while traders weigh a proposed deal to help end the US-Iran conflict.
Elizabeth Howcroft
Australia’s stock market has set a fresh intraday record high, soaring to just shy of 9300 points in the first 30 minutes of the opening bell on Thursday.
US stocks have closed higher as investors appeared hopeful that a deal could ease tensions in the Middle East.
Chuck Mikolajczak and Johann M Cherian
Global miner says it has faced a ‘big push’ from investors to list in Australia, given it has a ‘deep pool of capital with a deep knowledge of the industry’.
Thomas Biesheuvel
A brief message from a US political figure sent oil prices crashing and the ASX 200 to a record high.
Global shares have risen, boosted by AI optimism and signs of progress in talks to end the Iran war, with the negotiations also pushing oil prices lower.
Nell Mackenzie and Wayne Cole
The listed investment company says the move will ease growing cost-of-living pressures for its small shareholders but also improve its attractiveness to new investors.
Dan Murphy’s owner Endeavour expects to report a sharp drop in full-year profit after flagging a $311 million hit associated with boss Jayne Hrdlicka’s restructure of the business.
Cheyanne Enciso
Australian shares hit a five-month high as traders backed another Trump retreat from his Iran war, despite Tehran denying peace talks and warnings the oil price could unravel fast.
US stocks have closed higher as investors digested earnings results from major companies and monitored developments in the Middle East.
US President Donald Trump’s peace talks have “turbocharged” the ASX 200, sending local stocks surging to a five-month high.
Shares in Australia’s largest debt collector have tumbled as investors take fright at the company’s aggressive US buying spree.
Blair Jackson
US stocks have closed higher as investors cheered signs an Iran peace deal might be near.
Companies chasing an ASX listing could start selling their story to the public before filing a prospectus under an ASIC plan to tear up advertising rules it says belong to another era.
Australia’s sharemarket has recovered from heavy early losses after US President Donald Trump made a major Iran reversal.
The yen has surged and the Nikkei dipped one per cent after the US and Japan confirmed joint intervention to prop up the frail currency.
Nell Mackenzie and Ankur Banerjee
