Will the RBA hammer the market?
The Australian share market eased on Monday ahead of today’s Reserve Bank of Australia meeting, with many in the market convinced that the central bank...
Inflation jumps to 33-year high
Australian shares ended a five-day winning streak on Wednesday, and the Aussie dollar rose, after the markets learned that inflation in Australia had risen to...
Miners motivate market
Upgrades in expectations for lithium price growth helped to lift the Australian sharemarket on Tuesday, driving a strong day for miners. Broker UBS lifted its...
BNPL back in town
The S&P/ASX 200 continued its strong early-2023 form on Monday, advancing 5.1 points, or 0.1 per cent, to a fresh nine-month high of 7457.3 points. The...
ASX hits April highs, energy, materials gain, mixed results for lithium stocks
The local market managed to finish what appeared a mixed week on a positive note, gaining 0.2 per cent. Powered by the energy and materials sectors, up 1.4 and...
Tepid jobs data eases rate fears
The local share market advanced to a fresh eight-month high on Thursday after weaker-than-expected jobs data showed the Australian economy slowing, raising...
Market limps to eight-month high
It was a mixed day on the local market on Wednesday, with six of the 11 sectors higher, and the upshot being a 0.1 per cent rise in the benchmark S&P/ASX...
Strong start to 2023 continues
The Australian shares benchmark gained 60.1 points, or 0.8 per cent, on Monday to reach its highest level in nine months, at 7,388.2 points. The S&P/ASX...
Energy drives ASX higher, Mineral Resources bid, Fletcher takes a hit
The local bourse couldn’t manage a positive week, with a negative lead from Wall Street and renewed rhetoric around rate hikes impacting on sentiment....
Weaker Chinese data, aggressive Fed floor local stocks
The Australian share market struggled on Thursday, with sentiment hit by a weaker-than-expected economic update out of China, and an aggressive statement from...
Aussie market rises across the board
Local stocks enjoyed a positive lead-in from Wall Street, after the US consumer inflation figure rose 7.1 per cent in the year to November, less than...