Business
Markets
Pohl position: fund manager bets on Seek in race against short sellers
Fund manager Emmanuel (Manny) Pohl is sticking with one of his best bets in the market, Seek, calling the short seller attack a cheap shot.
- by Lucy Battersby
Latest
Markets Live
As it happened: ASX lifts to near three-week high as US count rolls on
The ASX entered the weekend at a near three-week high as a rolling gridlock rally and improved metals prices buoyed investors. The US election count continues.
- by Alex Druce
Wall Street
'Goldilocks Gridlock': ASX to open higher after Wall Street rallies on
The local sharemarket is set to open stronger on Friday as stocks continued riding Wall Street’s post-election wave overnight, with investors betting on the continuation of business-friendly Trump policies with a split control of Congress.
- by Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise
Opinion
US votes 2020
Fetch your tin helmet: Trump has set in motion a fateful chain of events
The US President's narrative as an electoral fraud victim was a calculated move - and will cause weeks of havoc. Have markets understood the gravity of what is unfolding?
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
US votes 2020
Wall Street likes gridlock, regardless of who is in the White House
Financial markets were initially unsettled but warmed to the Republicans' retention of their Senate majority, the prospect of a gridlocked Congress and the retention of Trump's tax cuts.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Updated
World markets
Wall Street jumps higher as Congress gridlock looms
Wall Street surged as the election remained cloudy but the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact.
- by Chuck Mikolajczak
Markets Live
As it happened: ASX rides US gridlock rally to eight-session high
The ASX added 1.3% on Thursday to finish at an eight-session high of 6136.5. Investors were buoyed by the prospect of a status-quo US policy environment.
- by Alex Druce
Investing
Markets rocked as US Presidential race goes down to the wire
Australian investors face a rocky couple of days as global markets come to the terms with the prospect of a contested result.
- by Alex Druce and Lucy Battersby
Updated
World markets
Wall Street surges higher on election day; $A jumps
Stocks are rallying as Election Day finally arrives following a punishing campaign that created enough uncertainty to help send markets spinning.
- by Claire Ballentine and Kamaron Leach
Markets Live
As it happened: ASX closes 0.1% lower, US election still undecided
The S&P/ASX 200 closed 4.3 points lower at 6062.1 after a tumultuous session.
- by Alex Druce and Lucy Battersby
World markets
Ant squashed: China rocks markets by slamming the brakes on world's biggest float
China suspended Ant Group's $US37 billion stockmarket listing, thwarting the world's largest IPO with just days to go in a dramatic move that left investors and bankers scrambling for answers.
- by Julie Zhu and Meg Shen