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Wall Street is higher on Wednesday.

ASX jumps as Fed sparks Wall Street rally; Banks, tech stocks gain

The Australian sharemarket opened with strong gains after a rally on Wall Street as Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell calmed tariff-wary investors.

  • Stan Choe

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Wall Street continues to be volatile.

ASX resumes slide after tech stocks weigh down Wall Street

The Australian sharemarket slumped back into the red after a three-day reprieve following another volatile trading session in the US overnight.

  • Gemma Grant
Wall Street has made a steady start to the week.

ASX trims early gains, but stays in the green as utilities rise

The Australian sharemarket posts cautious gains after Wall Street’s rollercoaster ride sent US stocks higher overnight.

  • Staff writers
Wall Street ended the week with its best session in months.

Miners, energy players lift ASX higher after Wall Street rally

The Australian sharemarket has started the week in positive territory, buoyed by a relief rally on Wall Street on Friday.

  • Staff writers
Will Donald Trump end up being the man who blew America’s energy independence?

Trump’s energy dream is set to blow up in his face

A conference in Houston last week gave us a revealing window into the mental world of Trumpism.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Amazon, one of Wall Street’s most influential companies, slumped by 4.1 per cent.

Miners snap ASX losing streak; Trump escalates trade war

The Australian sharemarket has closed higher on Friday despite another volatile US session overnight.

  • Gemma Grant
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Donald Trump has triggered steep falls on sharemarkets across the globe.

How ‘Trumponomics’ has spooked the markets, and what it means for you

Donald Trump’s policies have wiped out wealth around the world as markets go into meltdown. It affects all of us.

  • Clancy Yeates
The ASX 200 edged higher on Thursday after encouraging US data on inflation overnight.

ASX gives up early gains as miners, banks and retailers decline

The Australian sharemarket reversed its early gains to trade lower on Thursday, taking its losses over the past three sessions to more than $60 billion.

  • Cindy Yin and Gemma Grant
Wall Street’s benchmark index is in correction territory.

ASX loses more than $50b in two days as Trump’s tariffs kick in

The sharemarket accelerated its sell-down on Wednesday after Donald Trump ruled out exempting Australia from 25 per cent tariffs on aluminium and steel.

  • Miriam Steffens
Bond traders are worried that President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff rollouts and federal-workforce cuts will hurt the US economy,

More than $20b wiped off ASX as tariff terrors spook markets

Analysts are warning of more choppiness ahead for the Australian sharemarket amid rising anxiety that Trump’s tariffs will start a recession in the US and destabilise global markets.

  • Cindy Yin

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