Australia’s biggest beef producer is bracing for an earnings hit from cattle deaths after heavy rain and flooding across parts of Queensland hit three of its stations.
Cheyanne Enciso
Political upheaval in oil producer Venezuela is being weighed by investors, with prices inching upwards after the US seized the South American nation's leader.
Florence Tan
Raw materials and energy stocks are supporting the local bourse, but most other sectors are in the red as the shaky start to the new year continues.
Adrian Black
Investors have looked past military action in Venezuela to send Asian shares higher at the opening of the year's first full week of trade.
Gregor Stuart Hunter
Australian shares opened on Monday, with energy and uranium stocks in focus as tensions in Venezuela continued to ripple through markets.
Andrew Hedgman
The Dow Jones and S&P 500 closed higher as investors put money back into shares of major technology companies.
Saeed Azhar, Purvi Agarwal and Nikhil Sharma
Hype around artificial intelligence fuelled most of 2025's market rally but circular investment deals and speculative returns could pose future risks.
The Dow Jones and S&P 500 have closed higher as investors put money back into shares of major technology companies.
The year has begun with Asian and European shares reaching fresh record highs, while the precious metals rally shows no sign of stopping.
Rae Wee and Vidya Ranganathan
The energy sector was the biggest mover on the ASX amid strong gains for uranium producers, while goldminer Northern Star plunged on a production update.
Derek Rose
After a subdued and unremarkable end to 2025, the Australian sharemarket has reopened for 2026 with a “slightly bullish tone”.
Andrew Hedgman, Alexandra Feiam
Gold and silver fell on the last trading day of 2025, though both remained on track for the biggest annual gain in more than four decades as a banner year for precious metals drew to a close.
Yihui Xie and Jack Ryan
US stocks have finished the last session of 2025 down but all three major indexes posted double-digit gains despite a topsy-turvy year.
WA gold miners and a surprise lithium revival story have played a star role for mum and dad investors during a tumultuous year on the Aussie share market.
Simone Grogan
Australian shares posted a modest rise through 2025, despite an April bloodbath when US President Donald Trump took a baseball bat to the world economy.
Matt Mckenzie & Simone Grogan
Gold edged lower in the last trading day of 2025, but remained on track for its best annual performance since 1979 as a banner year for precious metals draws to a close.
Yihui Xie
After a year of explosive tariffs, soaring gold prices and a ‘wild year’ for investors, the ASX 200 has wound up for 2025 with lacklustre and ‘boring’ results.
Alexandra Feiam
Precious metals have pulled back as investors take advantage of huge gains, while global stocks enjoy a quiet end to 2025 after a multitrillion-dollar surge.
Marc Jones
Strength in materials and energy stocks have capped the bourse's losses in the last trading session of the year, in a quiet finish to a turbulent 12 months.
Amid worries Australia’s economy faces a slowdown in 2026, some of the market’s best stock pickers insist there may still be names to profit from.
Tom Richardson
The performance of small caps, gold miners and the big banks was among the key investment themes for the year as experts deliver their predictions for 2026.
US indexes have dipped into negative territory in a light-volume pre-holiday session, in a subdued ending to the year.
Following an unusual and ‘aggressive’ price movement for gold and silver, the ASX was left with a mixed bag on its second last trading day of the year.
Nickel has hit the highest since March after top producer Indonesia flagged plans to cut supply in order to boost prices.
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