Property giants lift on ‘cheaper debt outlook’. Santos down despite oil price spike. Origin loses ground after abandoning hydrogen plans. Sell rating weighs on ‘overly ambitious’ Guzman y Gomez. IMF backs RBA’s tight stance.
Oil, gold stocks jump on Middle East conflict escalation. Jobs to go in Country Road restructure. SiteMinder insider’s $85.4m selldown. Kennett to retire after juice company merger. CEO changes at Collins Foods, KMD. CBA shuffles top deck.
Sigma rockets on ACCC compromise to get $8.8bn merger with Chemist Warehouse across the line. Treasury Wine caves in to proxy demand on CEO bonus. Warmest August since 1910 sees retail sales lift 0.7 per cent.
August retail sales data due as house prices tick up. Qatar Airways to buy stake in Virgin. Star auditors raise red flags. US Fed chair strikes upbeat note on the US economy. Chinese stocks mark best day in 16 years.
BHP and Rio lead iron ore gains as billionaire-run Fortescue and MinRes also lift. Richard White’s WiseTech up after founder’s $46m selldown. Star hit with downgrades. Key Pacific Smiles shareholders reject Genesis bid. AUD above US69c.
The ASX 200 index closed flat after a choppy session at 8212.20 points as banking and healthcare falls offset strong gains among the miners.
Star trims statutory loss to $1.69bn as earnings, underlying profit take a hit. Cettire drops on analyst downgrade. Brickworks lifts on underlying profit beat. Step One insiders’ near-$32m selldown weighs. Platinum rebuffs Regal takeover.
August CPI cools to 2.7pc – lowest level since 2021 – on government subsidies. Analysts warn RBA ‘risks prolonged subpar growth’ with its tight policy. Chinese stimulus triggers switch to miners. Premier, Sigma and KMD fall on earnings updates.
China’s housing stimulus measures trigger investor rush from banks to miners. Economic outlook ‘remains uncertain’: RBA. Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths still reeling from legal action. Cettire soars on earnings audit.
ACCC sues supermarket duopoly over alleged ‘misleading’ discounts. Bitcoin ‘on track for $US100,000’. Healius confirms Lumus sale to Affinity. Fletcher kicks off big raise. Telix buys US-based RLS for $338m. Hawkish RBA expected to hold rates.
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.
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.
Energy sector dips while tech stocks soar. Santos, Corporate Travel, IAG, Domino’s down earnings miss expectations. Brambles’ $500m buyback wins over investors. New CEOs at Perpetual, Atlas Arteria as PEXA search begins. WiseTech hits record.
Inflation will be ‘slow to decline’: RBA minutes. Dexus sinks on FY25 distribution warning. Ansell’s result better than expected. Judo tops expectations. Reliance results ‘operationally strong’. Yancoal slumps on weak first-half. Baby Bunting, Monadelphous gain.
Mixed reactions to Westpac update. BlueScope falls on FY24 profit drop. A2 Milk plummets on missed expectations. Lendlease losses grow. Australian Vintage, SkyCity flag impairments. Reece tanks on near-term challenges.
ASX 200 soars to two-week high after strong US gains. RBA boss says no rate cuts likely in the near term. ASX Ltd dips amid calls for chair exit. Banks rise on positive signs for net interest margins. Dispute settlement lifts Synlait, A2M. PWR Holdings dives.
AUD rises on ‘quite tight’ jobs market. Cochlear, Origin sink on profit miss . Telstra rises despite profit fall. Treasury Wine lifts on China boost. Goodman dips on mixed results. Nufarm tumbles on earnings downgrade.
RBNZ begins easing with first rate cut since 2020. ASIC sues ASX over CHESS statements. APRA orders review into CFMEU-linked super funds. CBA profits slip. Seven Group underlying profit jumps, Seven West Media earnings sink.
Wages growth at its slowest pace in two years, but no rate cut yet. CSL’s FY25 guidance disappoints. Orora rejects Lone Star’s ‘opportunistic’ $4.3bn offer. Seek dives after swing to loss. Temple & Webster soars on trading update.
RBA’s Hauser warns on ‘overconfidence’ on rate forecasts. JB Hi-Fi buying e&s, reports lower profit but beats forecasts. Aurizon flags $150m buyback, strong FY25 after missing consensus estimates. Beach Energy slumps to loss.
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