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Megan Neil is a Melbourne-based senior business reporter for The Australian, covering financial services. She spent 20 years at national newswire Australian Associated Press in various roles including senior national journalist, finance editor and Melbourne bureau chief. Megan covered several royal commissions including the financial services inquiry.

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Analysts watch stock prices on the trading floor at the Westpac Bank in Sydney on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Carnage on overseas share markets spread to the local bourse on Tuesday, with Australia now considered a bear market amid a crisis in investor confidence and margin calls. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING

ASX 200 down 1pc; Appen hits record low

Appen shares set fresh low after CEO’s sudden exit. $A back above US65c. St Hilliers appoints administrators. Fletcher sinks on profit warning. Silver Lake tumbles on Red 5 merger.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos,June 3, 2022: Generic imagery of the Australian Stock Exchange. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

ASX 200 hits record highs

Interest rate-sensitive real estate and tech stocks surge. Uranium stocks rally. MUA and DP World reach deal. Atlassian halves net loss. Halo Food to be wound up.

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ASX falls from record; Fortescue exec quits

Another high-profile Fortescue empire departure. IGO hit by South32 royalties claim, broker downgrades. Business confidence falls. SkyCity ups AUSTRAC penalty provision.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: JANUARY 31 2024: A view of the digital boards at the Australian Stock Exchange in the CBD in sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Bourse hits record high on rate cut hopes

A faster-than-expected cooling in inflation in the December quarter has fuelled expectations of interest rate cuts as early as August.

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ASX jumps to record high on rate cut hopes

Market pricing two 2024 rate cuts, from August, as inflation cools more than expected. ASX sets record intraday and closing highs. Aussie dollar drops. Judge slams Westpac penalty. IGO mothballs nickel mine.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, NOVEMBER 09 2021: A view of the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

ASX 200 up for seventh day in a row

Bourse flirts with record high before paring gains. Godfreys falls into administration. Costa Group shareholders back $1.5bn takeover. Megaport, Nickel Industries and City Chic jump.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NEWSWIRE PHOTOS June 06 2022: A general view of the digital boards at the ASX in Sydney. Picture NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard.

ASX 200 gains as energy stocks rally

China’s Evergrande to be wound up. Oil price rises on Middle East fears. Woolworths hit by NZ and Endeavour write-downs. Dessert brand Sara Lee sold. Perpetual drops after $4.3bn in outflows.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: JANUARY 22 2024: A general view of the digital boards at the ASX in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Miners boost mixed ASX; Domino’s tanks

Profit warning prompts Domino’s downgrades. Delays at Fortescue project. Sayona falls on lithium mine review. Incitec lifts on capital return. ACCC supermarket inquiry announced.

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ASX 200 finishes flat; Pilbara, lithium stocks rise

Nanosonics tumbles. Pilbara lifts as cuts capital spending. Miners and lithium stocks up. Kogan jumps on earnings beat. Rio’s $1bn solar power deal. Newmark up on BWP merger.

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ASX 200 rises on health stocks

ASX rises for third day straight after US records. Prices, costs growth fall sharply: NAB survey. Future Fund cautions market on inflation fight. Another executive leaves Qantas.

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