Aussie shares retreat heavily along with the Aussie dollar and cryptos as Trump orders tariffs. A$ hits five-year low. Tariffs biggest trade shock since 1930s: RBC. Cettire “assessing” US tariff changes. Anna Bligh to vacate ABA’s top job.
A strong day for Aussie shares as the ASX 200 rises 0.5 per cent to a record high close at 8532.3. Origin cuts APLNG guidance. Citi upgrades BlueScope. Rinehart lifts Lynas stake. Broker upgrade for Zip. Lendlease selling Capella. US probing if DeepSeek used Nvidia chips. Trump advisors hunt for deals as Canada, Mexico tariffs loom.
The sharemarket has jumped to a record high of 8515.7 points, amid positive leads from Wall Street after big tech reports and Reserve Bank rate cut hopes. DeepSeek will not derail Microsoft’s $US80bn AI investment this year. Zip and MinRes drop.
Underlying inflation hits lowest number since early 2021. Rate cut expectations brought forward. Aussie shares a sea of green after US rebound. Sigma in trading halt pending shareholder meetings over Chemist Warehouse merger.
The arrival of cut-price Chinese rival to ChatGPT has seen more than a trillion dollars wiped from the value of major tech companies.
Seesaw day on the ASX following heavy falls across US tech stocks. Investors spooked following emergence of low-cost Chinese generative AI model DeepSeek. Goodman, NEXTDC, DigiCo, uranium stocks, Nuix fall hard.
Australian shares track US gains. Wesfarmers soars on upgrade. Goodman reverses intraday gain. Monadelphous, Synlait jump on updates but Kogan dives. Trump China comments lift stocks, $A. IGO creeps up despite hammer blow dealt to lithium plant.
ASX down after most US stocks fell. Department store chain, Premier shareholders show huge support for merger. Bain boosts Insignia offer to $4.60 per share. Evolution drops on downgrades. Fortescue ships record amount of iron ore.
The ASX rises 0.3 per cent to a seven-week highs on positive US leads. Qantas shares soar on US peer gains. CBA, Goodman, NAB, Westpac, WiseTech top contributors. Paladin soars as operations improve. Iluka drops on estimates miss.
ASX backs away from six-week high on Trump’s tariff threat against Canada, Mexico but still ends strong. Financials lead as Macquarie upgrades ANZ, NAB. Liontown, HUB24 soar on updates. Wesfarmers winds down Catch. Billions coming in insurance sector buybacks: MS.
Local bourse rides US gains after ‘very good’ talk between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping before US inauguration. Star warns of ‘material uncertainty’ over ability to continue as going concern after cash flow update. CC Capital gets edge over bidding rival Bain for Insignia.
Banks weigh after a bearish note from Citi. Miners supported after China’s GDP surprise. Rio Tinto, Glencore reportedly in merger talks. Insignia soars after CC Capital outbids Bain. Lovisa gains on broker upgrade.
Economists divided over Feb rate cut forecast after 56,000 jobs boost. Rio rises after ‘good finish’ to 2024. Zip jumps after Sezzle earnings upgrade. Star edges up. Softer US core inflation boosts equity sentiment.
WiseTech shares dive on heavy volume amid suspected institutional selling.Independent expert backs Premier, Myer deal after recalculations. Billionaire Rinehart-backed Arafura gets fresh Labor buy-in. Macquarie to invest in US data centres. Cash-strapped Star ticks up amid Macau intrigue. Billionaire’s takeover interest fires up AVJennings.
ASX 200 ends 4 day losing streak on US tariff hopes. Ingenia Communities leaps 15 per cent after boosting its earnings guidance. Cash-strapped Star rises as mystery investor buys more stock. Telix beats revenue guidance. Car Group lifts after Tyres exit. Mesoblast raises $260m. Blundy-backed City Chic rises.
Insignia rises on improved Bain bid. Weak sales updates from Myer, Premier weigh. Energy players gain as Brent hits $US81 per barrel. Low AUD threatens rate cuts. Star rising amid cash crisis talks.
Slow spending lifts chances the RBA will move earlier than expected to deliver interest rate relief.
November retail sales undershoot expectations despite Black Friday boost. Casino group Star’s investors react to latest cash crisis. Rex board aware of ‘bewilderingly bad’ sales: ASIC. Arcadium lifts on US nod to Rio buyout.
Investors buoyed by cooling underlying price pressures. Forrest named in bombshell ExxonMobil lawsuit. Avita’s downgraded earnings guidance weighs. Computershare falls on UBS ratings cut.
Australia’s stock market rises for a fourth day running, setting three week intraday and daily closing highs as gains in most sectors outweigh falls in iron ore miners. Morgan Stanley says Aussie bank share prices ‘not justified’. IDP Education up on Macquarie upgrade. WiseTech’s new buy. Nvidia hits record.
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