US stocks have opened lower as investors kept an eye on the price of oil and US Treasury yields.
Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Shashwat Chauhan
Wall Street’s record-breaking session could not save the Australian sharemarket from closing lower - amid a dip in banking and mining shares.
Blair Jackson
Defence Minister Richard Marles suggests the Federal Government is unlikely to raise concerns over a proposed $1.7 billion purchase of Austal’s US shipyard.
Sean Smith
The Big Australian finally offloaded a piece of its once mighty WA nickel empire by selling the Kambalda nickel concentrator to Gold Fields.
Adrian Rauso
Fashion company Asos has urged customers to disregard a phone alert sent to customers which said it had been hacked.
Henry Saker-Clark and Margaret Davis
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen 253.14 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 51,521.04, the S&P 500 gained 45.00 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 7,818.95.
Stephen Culp and Tharuniyaa Lakshmi
Australian shares have surged following Wall Street’s lead - with the dollar hitting a 23-month peak.
Civmec has won the job of building Alcoa’s gallium plant at Wagerup, adding the WA project to more than $220 million in new contracts and extensions for the Henderson contractor.
Ryan Johnson
It was the Nasdaq's second day of sharp gains after weaker-than-expected jobs data dampened expectations for an interest rate hike.
Noel Randewich
Healthcare stocks have lifted the ASX 200 to a flat result at the start of the week on a quiet public holiday for parts of Australia.
Ingenia Communities has opened the door to allow its US private equity suitor to inspect its books as part of a potential deal that would kill the near-$1 billion takeover of Perth property stalwart Peet.
Cheyanne Enciso
CSL has agreed to pay as much as $2.3 billion to jointly develop and sell an experimental treatment for rare kidney and liver diseases, expanding the biotech company’s push into kidney medicine.
Adrian Lowe
US stocks closed higher after jobs data quelled fears of an impending rate hike.
Staff Writers
Australian motorists could soon pay less at the bowser after the G7 struck a deal that was widely supported by US President Donald Trump.
Cameron Micallef
A sharp rebound in tech stocks has lifted the ASX 200, but analysts warn surging oil prices and Middle East tensions could quickly reverse the gains.
Oliver Curtis is set to become an AI billionaire when Firmus lists at a $43.7 billion valuation, but fund managers are questioning whether the company’s huge growth prospects justify its price tag.
Tom Richardson
Data centre operator Firmus is seeking a $43.7 billion valuation in its initial public offering this month.
Jackie Edwards
US stocks have closed higher as investors monitored United States Treasury yields and developments in the Middle East.
Chuck Mikolajczak and Johann M Cherian
The Australian sharemarket has suffered its worst day in months – triggered by surging bond yields and a weak lead from Wall Street.
Paige Fryer
Mineral Resources’ lithium chief executive Josh Thurlow will exit the mining major within two months to move abroad.
Lynas Rare Earths is spreading its wings to South America with a near-$1 billion deal that will hand it the largest known ionic clay rare earths resource outside of China.
Daniel Newell
Claimants allege wastewater containing uranium, lead and other metals was discharged from a Rio Tinto mine into waterways used for drinking.
Clara Denina
US stocks have closed mostly lower as investors digested new inflation data and monitored developments in Iran.
Chuck Mikolajczak and Shashwat Chauhan
