13 h. ago ASX slips for a third day as tech stocks fall, gold miners advance

Gold miners bolstered the Australian sharemarket on Wednesday, but their gains weren’t enough to offset losses by interest-rate sensitive sectors such as technology.

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5 d. ago ASX recovers on tech strength despite rate cut hopes dissipating

Tech and gold companies have lifted the Australian market out of an early loss following a positive lead from Wall Street.

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5 d. ago ASX recovers on mining strength despite rate cut hopes dissipating

Mining giants and banks have lifted the Australian market out of an early loss following a positive lead from Wall Street.

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6 d. ago ASX gains amid BHP, Rio Tinto’s copper rally; Property trusts decline

The Australian sharemarket advanced on Thursday, driven by the nation’s mining and banking heavyweights, while a surge in bond yields pulled down real estate investment trusts.

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9 d. ago ‘It’s embarrassing’: Sharemarket operator hit by latest tech glitch

The operator of the ASX has been hit by an outage that prevented dozens of companies from publishing announcements, causing trading in their shares to be temporarily halted.

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1 week ago ASX edges higher despite falls in miners, banks; Woolworths jumps

The sharemarket slipped in early trade, with the big four banks and the iron ore giants falling after global markets held steady overnight.

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3 w. ago ASX edges lower; BHP falls after court ruling on dam collapse

The Australian sharemarket has dipped lower at the open, with BHP falling in early trade after a London court found it liable to compensate victims of a dam collapse in Brazil in 2015.

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