4 d. ago Banks pull ASX higher after weak start; BHP, Rio fall on $80b mining merger

The Australian sharemarket had a wobbly start in Wednesday’s trading session even after US stocks hit fresh records overnight.

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4 d. ago Banks pull ASX higher after weak start; BHP, Rio fall on $75b mining merger

The Australian sharemarket was slightly higher on Wednesday lunchtime, having struggled all morning even after US stocks hit fresh records overnight.

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4 d. ago ASX set to dip, Wall Street rises; Fox shares drop after Murdoch family deal

US stocks are drifting around their record levels on following the latest discouraging signal on the job market’s health.

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4 d. ago ASX set to edge up, Wall Street rises; Fox shares drop after Murdoch family deal

US stocks are drifting around their record levels on following the latest discouraging signal on the job market’s health.

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9 d. ago ASX trims weekly loss as retailers, tech stocks and banks climb

The Australian sharemarket ended the week on a positive note, with tech stocks and retailers leading the local bourse to a second day of gains after its brutal $57 billion sell-off on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago ASX edges lower after volatile earnings season; Harvey Norman surges

The Australian sharemarket slipped on Friday, the last day of an earnings season in which share prices have swung wildly.

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2 w. ago ASX edges higher as US rate cut hopes boost investor spirits

The Australian sharemarket is stronger after Wall Street rallied on the back of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech from Jackson Hole.

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3 w. ago Banks to start passing on rate cut from today – but not for everyone

Millions of Australian mortgageholders will see their home loan interest rate drop by 0.25 per cent today after the Reserve Bank decided on the cut last week.

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3 w. ago ASX set to edge up, Wall Street falls as AI darlings extend slump

Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks that had surged in the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence technology are dragging Wall Street lower again on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago ASX edges higher as retailers rise; James Hardie shares plummet

The Australian sharemarket had a soft start to trading on Wednesday, as a plunge by building materials maker James Hardie and losses by the mining heavyweights and CSL overshadowed solid gains from the wider market.

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