US stocks have closed mostly higher as investors cheered reports that US-Iranian peace talks may start again.
Chuck Mikolajczak and Niket Nishant
Australian shares have plunged for five consecutive sessions, with the market now facing its second straight week of losses amid global tensions.
Cameron Micallef
Coles and Woolworths will be under pressure to reveal how they are responding to price hike requests from suppliers hoping to recover costs amid the fuel crisis.
Cheyanne Enciso
Greenbushes is at risk of losing its status as the world’s best hard rock lithium mine after IGO lifted the lid on ‘systemic’ operational issues.
Adrian Rauso
Crude prices remain above $US100 and global shares have faltered as investors remain tense over a shaky Middle East ceasefire and stalled peace talks.
Dhara Ranasinghe and Rae Wee
Australia’s biggest lithium pure-play is back to printing money, boosting its bank balance by $501 million during the first three months of 2026.
US stocks have closed lower as investors digested a series of mixed earnings results from major companies.
Australia’s sharemarket has completely reversed some of its mid-month gains as Middle East conflict fears grip traders.
A grim geopolitical outlook is weighing on the local bourse, as the US-Iran conflict and its resulting energy shock push the global economy towards recession.
Adrian Black
Stage one of the Australian Securities Exchange's $125 million CHESS project has gone live, years after a botched attempt to replace it with blockchain tech.
Derek Rose
US stocks have closed on the rise after President Donald Trump announced an extension to the shaky ceasefire with Iran.
Australia’s sharemarket has suffered its worst day in three weeks as a major healthcare giant plunged 40 per cent and the major banks all sold off.
WA shoppers are no closer to seeing the stalled $790 million revamp of Westfield Booragoon come to life as its owner focuses on sites in Sydney and Melbourne.
The Australian share market has dropped 1.2 per cent after Donald Trump extended a ceasefire but his pick to lead the Fed has adopted a hawkish stance.
Ampol, which supplies about 10 per cent of the nation's fuel supplies, has seen a big jump in margins on the back of the war in the Middle East.
Kaaren Morrissey
US stocks have closed lower as investors digested earnings results and kept an eye on developments in the Middle East.
Australian shares closed flat as investors held back ahead of a Middle East ceasefire deadline, with energy stocks falling and banks delivered mixed results.
Alexander Britton
The local bourse finished basically unchanged for a third straight session ahead of a deadline to extend a ceasefire between Iran and the US.
Shares in Lynas Rare Earths have slipped despite the miner more than doubling sales in the past three months and revealing it is yet to feel the disruption of the global fuel shock.
Daniel Newell
Shares in the gold miner have only fallen slightly despite Burkina Faso’s junta declaring it will pay just $175 million for an extra 25 per cent stake in the company’s flagship mine.
Rio Tinto is yet to feel the effects of a global oil crisis fuelled by war in the Middle East but concedes it does not know how the ongoing conflict will hit supply chains in the second half of this year.
US stocks have closed lower as investors monitored developments in the Middle East.
Chuck Mikolajczak and Purvi Agarwal
Australian shares barely moved despite oil prices surging 8 per cent, as US-Iran tensions escalated from the seizure of an Iranian vessel.
Monash IVF has knocked back an improved takeover bid from a consortium comprising Genesis Capital and Soul Patts, saying the proposal undervalues the besieged reproductive healthcare company.
