Today
ASX ekes out gain as traders tread water; Sigma Healthcare rally extends
Australian shares inch higher in muted session. Pilbara shares shopped. Energy stock hold gains as fighting in Lebanon escalates. Follow updates here.
- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas, Cecile Lefort and Joanne Tran
Yesterday
ASX slips; energy, miners lift
Shares eases; MFF eyes Montaka; HPI rejects Charter Hall-Hostplus bid; Macquarie tips massive degradation in Star; Santos inks LNG contract with TotalEnergies. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Alex Gluyas
This Month
ASX falls; retail sales bounce, Sigma Healthcare rallies 20pc
Miners give back gains. Qantas slips on Qatar-Virgin deal. Powell tempers rate cut hopes. REA investors welcome Rightmove decision. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran, Alex Gluyas and Cecile Lefort
September
ASX closes at all-time top, ends the quarter 6.5 higher
Shares reset record high; Synlait posts giant loss; Pacific Smiles rejects Genesis bid; AGL nabs new deal with Portland smelter; iron ore prices leap 7pc. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran, Alex Gluyas and Joshua Peach
ASX closes at fresh record high, Star dives 44pc
Shares rise; Endeavour Group loses CEO; ACCC concerned about Olam Agri - Namoi Cotton plans; Woolies, Coles under pressure post ACCC report. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran and Joshua Peach
ASX rallies as China pledges more stimulus; Regal rises
Shares advance; Platinum board says Regal bid ‘undervalues’ the listed global equities fund manager; ACCC allows Lendlease projects sale to Stockland and Supalai; Soul Patts profit slides. Follow updates here.
- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas and Sarah Jones
ASX ends lower as rotation churns; Rightmove rejects third REA bid
Inflation falls within RBA’s target for first time in 3 years. Investors shift money from banks to miners. Lew sidelines demerger plans. Aussie dollar hits 18-month high. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Sarah Jones and Alex Gluyas
ASX dips as banks and supermarkets sink; BHP rallies
Shares fall; Iron ore spikes on China rate cut; Light & Wonder dives after losing in Nevada; Cettire releases audited results. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas and Sarah Jones
Coles, Woolies drag ASX lower ahead of RBA
ASX snaps winning streak. ACCC sues supermarket giants for misleading discounts; CBA, iron ore giants fall; Austal nabs US Navy deal; REA makes third bid for Britain’s Rightmove. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Alex Gluyas, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
ASX closes at all-time high, Life360 leaps
Shares scale all-time high; UBS lifts NAB, Westpac price targets; Myer cuts dividend; Regis Healthcare and Kelsian nab contracts; Namoi Cotton backs Olam Agri bid; Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Alex Gluyas
ASX hits record above 8200 as Fed cuts; Morgan Stanley says buy BHP
ASX shrugs off poor pre-market trading to chart new high before paring gains. Jobless rate holds steady at 4.2 per cent. Iron ore rebounds. Follow for more.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Alex Gluyas and Cecile Lefort
ASX ends flat; iron ore slump hits Rio Tinto, BHP
Shares flat ahead of Fed rate decision; Macquarie Group weighs Wavenet sale; Harvey Norman in class action; Woodside inks LNG with Japan. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Alex Gluyas and Joshua Peach
ASX tops 8150; Xero climbs on Syft acquisition
Australian shares reset record. UBS cuts oil forecast. Platinum soars on Regal bid. Microsoft unveils $88.9b buyback. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas, Cecile Lefort and Sarah Jones
ASX closes at all-time high, BHP, Rio ease
Shares rise; Austal wins $671m contract; Auckland Airport in $1.3b equity raise; Beyond Bank-P&N merger canned; Canada’s court to decide on Paladin-Fission buy. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Alex Gluyas and Sarah Jones
ASX gains as gold scales record high
Shares lift; Olam Agri sweetens Namoi bid to 75¢; Atlas fights over French tax; gold hits record high; oil rebounds; bitcoin retakes $US58,000. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Alex Gluyas
ASX clocks best day in a month as uranium, lithium miners soar
Shares gain; Brickworks hit by property slowdown; Beston Food receives bid; Crescent sells ACL stake; Nine & NIB chiefs exit; BHP, Perpetual trade ex-dividend. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Alex Gluyas
ASX dips as banks fall, lithium miners rally, MinRes soars
Banks and oil stocks send the ASX into the red. Tech paces gains in New York. ASX gets new chairman. Follow for more
- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Alex Gluyas and Cecile Lefort
ASX gains but BHP, Fortescue hit by China concerns
Shares rise; Qantas seeks $ 10-year bond; Eagers Automotive, Bluescope Steel, and News Corp trade ex-dividend; oil prices up; $A at US66.45¢. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Alex Gluyas
ASX falls as banks weigh; Cettire shares up 14pc
Investors pile into Cettire, iron ore hits lowest since November 2022. Charter Hall and Host Plus lob bid for Hotel Property Investments. Guzman y Gomez makes it onto ASX 200. Follow here for more.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Cecile Lefort and Alex Gluyas
ASX gains as CBA rallies; Woodside, BHP down
Shares advance; Wall Street mixed ahead of August jobs report; Woodside sells $US2 billion of bonds to help fund acquisitions; iron ore extends decline. Follow updates here.
- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran and Joshua Peach