Today
ASX closes up; worst day for Worley since 2021
Shares firm; retail sales disappoint; $A slips; Sidara sale sinks Worley; BHP confirms $38b settlement; Origin gas revenue falls; Coles sales up. Follow updates here.
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- Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
Yesterday
ASX bounces as real estate, tech rally; First Quantum mothballs mine
Shares close higher. Perpetual confirms exclusive talks with KKR. Tech stocks rise ahead of Apple and Amazon earnings. Follow here for more
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- Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran and Alex Gluyas
This Month
Shares sink; Anglo American rejects BHP’s ‘opportunistic’ proposal
Shares fall 1.2pc as rate cut hopes dim. BHP sinks on Anglo American deal. ResMed beats on profits. Wall Street lower on US GDP slowdown. Follow here.
- Tom Richardson, Natasha Rudra, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran and Alex Gluyas
ASX trims gains after robust CPI; Perpetual drops
Shares flat at the closing bell; $A, bond yields jump as CPI data beat forecasts; Cleanaway denies speculation about Seven takeover offer; Perpetual books $5.2b in net outflows. Follow here for more.
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- Joanne Tran, Natasha Rudra, Alex Gluyas, Cecile Lefort and Joshua Peach
Tech lifts ASX, Brambles sinks
Shares gain; Northern Star output misses forecasts; Westpac flags $164m hit; Brambles sales up; First Sentier shuts credit funds; Seven ups Boral stake. Follow updates here.
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- Natasha Rudra, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Joanne Tran
Health care and bank stocks buoy ASX; Star extends decline
Shares end higher after Israel-Iran tensions fail to escalate; Cettire slumps after news that hedge fund LHC exited its position; Star shares continue to fall. Follow here for more.
- Andrew Hobbs, Alex Gluyas, Tom Richardson, Joanne Tran, Joshua Peach, Cecile Lefort and Sarah Jones
Shares, $A sink; gold, oil, bonds jump on Israeli strikes
Reports of Israeli airstrikes in Iran prompt investors to dump shares, buy gold, oil, bonds. Japan inflation falls to 2.7pc. US equity futures turn lower. Follow here.
- Alex Gluyas, Tom Richardson, Andrew Hobbs, Joanne Tran, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones and Cecile Lefort
Shares snap losing streak; iron ore jumps, jobless rate rises
ABS says labour market still relatively tight. Shares add 0.4pc. Iron ore prices jump. Copper higher. Challenger upgrades guidance. Wall Street falls. Follow the latest here.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Tom Richardson, Sarah Jones and Alex Gluyas
ASX rout extends; Star chair steps aside from Bendigo & Adelaide Bank
Shares swung between losses and gains before ending in the lower; BoQ earnings not as bad as feared; Rio Tinto output slips; Gina Rinehart buys stake in Lynas. Follow here for more.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Tom Richardson, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
ASX drops 1.8pc; banks, miners hit
Shares drop; Woolworths CEO threatened with jail at hearing; Macmahon buys Decmil; Imugene sells US facility; Suncorp, Vicinity seek funds; $A slumps. Follow updates here.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Tom Richardson and Sarah Jones
Tech stocks drag ASX down; Rio Tinto rallies 4pc
Shares decline at the closing bell; fears that the Middle East conflict is about to break into region-wide war lead to choppy oil prices; Star shares fall as second public inquiry kicks off. Follow here for more.
- Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Tom Richardson, Joanne Tran, Andrew Hobbs and Sarah Jones
ASX closes lower, as rate worries mount; Domino’s, Star fall
The Fed comments came as Wall Street banks predicted rates would not drop until December; Gold miners rally on price rise. Cettire slips despite strong sales.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Joshua Peach, Tom Richardson, Sarah Jones, Joanne Tran and Cecile Lefort
Shares pare losses; miners, energy gains, rates rise on US inflation
Property, tech stocks fall as investors push first US rate cut to November. Macquarie says buy Whitehaven. NextDC eyes $1.3b capital raising. Avita cuts guidance. Follow here.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones and Tom Richardson
Miners push ASX higher; Ansell, Coronado shares jump
Shares advance at the closing bell; RBNZ leaves cash rate unchanged; ASIC to appeal court ruling on Finder Earn; gold extends rally; Dubber CEO sacked. Follow updates here.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
Miners buoy ASX; Ansell rallies over 6pc
Mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto push shares higher at the closing bell; oil prices fall; Ansell jumps after its $400 million underwritten placement; iron ore rebounds. Follow updates here.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran, Sarah Jones and Joshua Peach
ASX inches higher; iron ore rebounds, APM sinks 30pc
Shares close higher. APM slumps 25 per cent poorer outlook. Qantas rallies 6 per cent and kicks off $448 million share buyback. Life360 says its “ahead of market expectations”.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort and Alex Gluyas
BHP, Rio weigh on ASX shares; oil jumps, GQG gains on rising FUM
Shares pare losses. Middle East spooks investors. GQG lifts FUM. Ripple plans stablecoin launch. APM finds new suitor. Dow drops on Kashkari rates cloud. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Tom Richardson, Cecile Lefort, Sarah Jones, Joanne Tran and Joshua Peach
ASX lifts; tech rebounds, gold hits record high, copper 52-week high
Shares add 0.5pc. Tech gains on rate cut bets. Copper hits 52-week high. Gold miners jump. Building approvals lowest since 2013. Follow here.
- Timothy Moore, Tom Richardson, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones and Joanne Tran
ASX drops 1.3pc as property tumbles; Westgold plunges 15pc
Shares decline at the closing bell; gold resets record high; WiseTech’s Engelhard to retire from board; Westgold plunges over 10 per cent after latest quarterly production update. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas and Sarah Jones
ASX retreats from record high; gold miners rally, Mesoblast soars 70pc
Shares end in the red after resetting record high. Cettire and Orora sink. The Reserve Bank of Australia softens language in latest meeting. Iron ore rebounds after Monday’s rout.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran, Sarah Jones, Alex Gluyas and Cecile Lefort