Posted
US markets take a breather, after closing at fresh record highs for five days in a row.
Topics: stockmarket, markets, currency, futures, united-kingdom, united-states, european-union, australia
Posted
| UpdatedAn early rally pushed shares to a 21-month high but Telstra's result saw those gains quickly reversed. Evan Lucas from IG Markets speaks to Elysse.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
Posted
The acrimonious battle for control of Tasmanian dairy group Bellamy's takes a new twist after dissident shareholder Jan Cameron admits being aligned to a mysterious offshore trust that has been attempting to roll the board.
Topics: company-news, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, tas
Posted
Slater & Gordon and Ten Network have upset investors with profit warnings, while South32 shares fell despite a return to profitability.
Topics: company-news, stockmarket, mining-industry, media, australia
Posted
Strong economic data and more talk of tax cuts by the US President sent Wall Street higher overnight, despite the increasing likelihood of a March rate rise.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, united-states, united-kingdom, australia, european-union
Posted
| UpdatedThe CBA record profit flowed over to the local share market where investors have piled into banks. Martin Lakos from Macquarie Wealth Management speaks to Elysse.
Topics: markets, stockmarket, australia
Posted
ASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket
Posted
| UpdatedASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket, somerset-7322, tas, renmark-5341, mildura-3500
Posted
| UpdatedThe local sharemarket rallied today thanks to higher commodity prices. CMC Markets' Michael McCarthy speaks to Elysse.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
Posted
| UpdatedA positive outlook from the Reserve Bank, added to the global optimism already sweeping up the share market. Equities strategist Julia Lee from Bell Direct speaks to Alicia.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
Posted
| UpdatedRupert Murdoch's News Corporation posts a second quarter loss citing impairments in its Australian newspaper business as a key factor.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, media, markets, stockmarket, multinationals, united-states, australia
Posted
US markets rally to a record high after comments by US President Donald Trump that he will be making a "phenomenal" tax announcement in the coming two to three weeks.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, currency, futures, stockmarket, australia, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedA big rally in utilities led the sharemarket higher. The ASX 200 closed up a 0.25%. Evan Lucas from IG Markets speaks to Elysse.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
Posted
US banking stocks record their worst trading session on Wall Street in almost three weeks overnight, while real estate and utility shares out-performed.
Topics: stockmarket, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, banking, economic-trends, markets, currency, futures
Posted
| UpdatedThe ASX 200 finished the day higher up 0.5% thanks largely to a rally in bank stocks. Martin Lakos from Macquarie Wealth Management speaks to Elysse.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
Posted
Mortgage insurer Genworth suffers a steep sell-off as increased bad debts on WA and Queensland home loans combine with a decline in riskier new home lending to hit profits.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, company-news, stockmarket, money-and-monetary-policy, australia, wa, qld
Posted
Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq touch fresh records early in the overnight trading session, but the milestones are short-lived, with oil prices curbing the markets' advance.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, money-and-monetary-policy, united-states, united-kingdom, australia, european-union
Posted
| UpdatedThe sharemarket recovered from it's lowest point for 2017 to close slightly higher. Marcus Padley from Marcus Today speaks to Elysse
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
Posted
Markets in the United States limped to a weak finish overnight, with analysts suggesting investors are becoming increasingly anxious about US President Donald Trump's isolationist policies.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, money-and-monetary-policy, united-states, european-union, australia, united-kingdom
Posted
| UpdatedAnalysts are pessimistic about Australia's retail sector heading into corporate earnings season, with a weaker Christmas period and the closure of some major Australian retailers dampening earnings expectations.
Topics: retail, stockmarket, economic-trends, australia
Posted
Find out when Australia's major companies are releasing their earnings results this month, and how the companies that have reported performed.
Topics: stockmarket, company-news, australia
Posted
| UpdatedWall Street ends fairly flat as investors worry about President Donald Trump's latest protectionist comments.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, united-states, united-kingdom, australia, european-union
Posted
| UpdatedLess than two weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, markets and business leaders around the world have been blindsided by the pace of change.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, economic-trends, markets, currency, stockmarket, multinationals, regulation, agreements-and-treaties, trade, united-states, australia
Posted
| UpdatedInvestors pile into Facebook shares, helping lift the stock 2.2 per cent, as the world's largest social media network's revenue jumps 51 per cent, on an advertising boost.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, stockmarket, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, united-states
Posted
Technology stocks surge on strong Apple iPhone sales, while the US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates on hold as expected.
Topics: stockmarket, money-and-monetary-policy, currency, futures, markets, united-states, united-kingdom, australia, european-union