ASX 200 lifts as CBA, Macquarie test new peaks
CBA hits all-time intraday high. Macquarie up 2.3pc on the day. First Super’s CFMEU-linked co-chair steps down after APRA action. Pacific Smiles CEO Andrew Vidler resigns.
CBA hits all-time intraday high. Macquarie up 2.3pc on the day. First Super’s CFMEU-linked co-chair steps down after APRA action. Pacific Smiles CEO Andrew Vidler resigns.
RBA governor says higher rates not off the table. Data centre operator NextDC’s top gainer after AirTrunk sale. Coronado dives on guidance. Downgrades add to oil price woes for ex-div Woodside and Santos. Apollo selldown hit for Challenger.
The cost of managing your money, getting a loan, and insuring your possessions has gone up way more than the actual inflation rate in the past year.
Australia stuck in ‘weak productivity, high cost malaise’. Sale of Orora Packaging Solutions to US group resets core focus. Cettire cops beating after founder’s $15.8m buy-in. Oil price plunge weighs on Woodside, Santos.
Consumer stocks down as big names Coles, Woolworths and Wesfarmers trade ex-dividend. More pain for iron ore prices weighs on mining heavyweights. Public demand tipped to drive second quarter GDP growth.
The financials and energy sectors have dragged the ASX to a winning day as Chinese woes weigh heavy on Australian miners.
New research has found one group are falling victim to crypto scams as they are “overconfident or overambitious”.
Bank and energy gains offset declines by iron ore and gold miners. REA falls on news it is considering a bid for Rightmove. The Star suspended from trading.
A major Australian casino giant has announced a trading halt after a report into the company’s conduct was handed down.
The Aussie share market finished the week, and the reporting month of August, in the green as it marked the third straight week of gains.
ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott tells parliament a ban on staff drinking alcohol during work hours is ‘entirely reasonable’, after its conduct scandal. Star halts as NSW casino regulator looks at licence. Ramsay and Harvey Norman fall.
The Australian share market fell again on Thursday, after a poor start thanks to Wall St, as several big name companies report results.
WATCH LIVE: Westpac CEO Peter King speaking during parliamentary Q&A. CBA boss vows to continue lending to gas projects. Ellison’s fortunes hit in MinRes dive. Qantas, South32 flag buybacks as profits fall. Cettire down on profit slump.
Amid a cost of living crisis beleaguered Aussies have been warned to brace for an “economic horror show” up until Christmas.
The Australian Stock Exchange ended Wednesday flat after some of the country’s biggest companies reported some less than stellar results.
RBA hike not ruled out as inflation remains sticky at 3.5 per cent. Controlling shareholder Rio to back ERA’s $880m discounted raise. Special dividend boosts Woolworths. Tabcorp’s worse than expected loss, CEO-elect Gill McLachlan’s ‘reality’ check weighs.
Woolworths Group has announced a dire $108m net profit, a 93 per cent drop on last year.
The Australian share market finished down on Tuesday, following sagging results from jeweller Lovisa and sluggish performance from Zip and Johns Lyng.
BHP cuts dividend after profit fall. Coles earnings beat estimates. Woodside to walk ‘growth funding tightrope’. Guzman Y Gomez gains after profit beat. Johns Lyng dives on revenue miss. Lovisa trading update disappoints. CBA chief economist steps down.
The local sharemarket lifted on Monday as buoyant investors cheered the prospect of a September rate cut in the world’s largest economy.
Ciarán Carruthers to leave Crown. Downgrades loom for Bendigo Bank, NIB. Perpetual’s impairment weighs. Kogan soars. Aussie Broadband jumps on first dividend. Kelsian tanks on capex guidance. Aviation reforms to improve competition.
APRA slaps ANZ with $250m penalty after trading scandal. Rex administrators given more time to find buyer. Elanor scraps dividend. ASIC’s win in crypto firm fight. Inghams’ profit miss, mixed guidance. Legal battles weigh on Fletcher.
The Australian sharemarket advanced for a 10th consecutive session on Thursday, marking the longest rally in stocks since 2015.
Weak guidance weighs on Megaport. Collins Foods’ first-half earnings warning. Dividend surprise lifts Northern Star. Super Retail hits record high on special dividend amid scandal. Richard White adds $1bn more to his coffers.
Making $100,000 a year used to be a kind of salary holy grail for a lot of Aussies, but the country’s cost-of-living crisis has changed that completely.
Super Retail ex-exec alleges bullying, harassment. Fortescue crashes after mystery stake sale. BHP, Lundin bid $C4.1bn for Filo Corp. Ramsay taps Woolworths Supermarkets boss as next CEO. Credit Corp’s top gainer. Rex halts 737 bookings amid financial woes.
The sharemarket retreated on Tuesday on the back of a sharp mining slump.
Aussie shares booked a positive session on Monday on the back of a relief rally from Wall St on Friday.
CBA hits new record high. NIB’s long-time CEO Mark Fitzgibbon flags retirement amid battle with St Vincent’s Health. Rex halts trade as Deloitte experts fly in. Viva interim earnings rise amid ‘soft’ conditions.
There’s a growing cloud of insolvencies ripping through Australian business and one cafe owner says he can’t catch a break.
More pain could be on the way for mortgage holders and the Albanese government, with an all-important data release tipped to show ‘persistent inflation’ in the economy.
The Australian share market has rebounded better than expected to finish off the week despite international influences.
Investors welcome MinRes cash gains, price wins. Bellevue Gold downgraded on discounted equity raise. Inflation uptick may force RBA hike. Key exit triggers Cochlear executive rehaul.
The Australian sharemarket slumped into a sea of red on Thursday as a gruesome tech rout on Wall St crippled confidence.
Senate committee to grill PwC CEO Kevin Burrowes, former bosses again. Commodities sink despite China rate cut. Fortescue misses guidance. ANZ suspends, sacks staff as market manipulation probe continues. Macquarie’s flat first quarter.
The Australian sharemarket edged lower on Wednesday as investors opted for caution following days of political chaos.
Flight Centre trims guidance. Treasurer announces “faster, stronger” draft merger reform legislation. Perpetual hit by $9bn outflows. Telix slumps on bonds, regulatory updates. ASIC concerned over private market pump-up.
The Australian sharemarket has lifted to break a three-day losing streak on Tuesday on the back of an tech-led Wall St rebound.
Tech sector leads ASX turnaround. Woodside reveals subdued quarter, upped Scarborough cost. Lynas suffers low output, falling prices. Warehouse NZ confirms Adamantem bid.
One of Australia’s biggest banks has just delivered a big gift to Aussies desperate to lock down a home of their own.
The sharemarket has closed in the red for a third day, hurt by US losses and profit fears. Woodside snaps up Tellurian. NZ retail chain The Warehouse buyout potentially on horizon. Iress jumps on updated guidance. South32 smashed on $500m-plus impairment.
The fallout from the CrowdStrike global tech outage and US President Joe Biden’s decision not to run again have helped push down the Australian sharemarket on Monday.
New forecast shows the average Aussie will be $21,000 richer in retirement after change in payments from this month onwards. Here’s why.
CrowdStrike chief executive George Kurtz said late on Friday a ‘defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts’ caused the outage that struck millions of people across the globe and dozens of Australian companies.
Many people are still struggling after a global IT outage left airlines, banks and businesses scrambling.
A run-up in Aussie shares came to a halt on Friday, with a Wall St rout and mining sell off pushing the market into a sea of red.
A day after setting a new 52-week high, the Aussie sharemarket retreated at the closing bell on Thursday.
Domino’s Pizza sinks on store closures. SkyCity to close NZ casino for five days, lose $NZ5m in deal. Telix falls despite guidance upgrade. Unemployment rate rises to 4.1pc. RBA should ‘rip band-aid off’ and hike rates: VanEck.
Gas like ‘life insurance’ in Labor plan: Bowen. BHP’s record WA iron ore shipments. Maintenance fails cause of Callide tower collapse. Qantas Super to merge with ART. DroneShield dives again. Zip’s debt raise.
The Australian sharemarket lifted on Wednesday on the back of a rising Wall St bull run.
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