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Oil prices have jumped amid the escalating Iran conflict.

EnergyCommentsPremiumFears petrol will jump 40c a litre as Iran conflict deepens

An attack on Iran that ballooned into a broader regional conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could send Australian petrol prices soaring.

Tom Richardson

Lovisa’s profit and earnings miss sent shares in the company plummeting on Thursday.

RetailCommentsPremiumLovisa’s rapid store roll-out to cash in on rival’s demise

Lovisa says it has moved quickly to cash in on the demise of major rival Claire’s to grab market share but its profit and earnings growth disappointed analysts, sending shares plummeting.

Cheyanne Enciso

South Korean stocks jumped to a record high after a tech share rally on Wall Street. (EPA PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumAsia shares get tech lift as Iran, rate questions loom

Markets are up in Asia after shares of tech heavyweights climbed on Wall Street, while oil prices held gains made in the previous session.

Rae Wee

Wesfarmers and SQM's Covalent lithium hydroxide refinery in Kwinana.

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Wesfarmers lithium refinery on track to make money

The WA conglomerate says the protracted commissioning of its lithium hydroxide plant has revealed nothing to shake its belief that it will turn out a competitively priced product able to match China.

Sean Smith and Daniel Newell

Investors have reason to celebrate as the main ASX index flirts with a record intraday high. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

MarketsPremiumAussie shares brush against record in earnings deluge

The local bourse is trading near its highest level after a risk-on sentiment returned to Wall Street overnight as profit season continues to create price waves.

Adrian Black

IGO boss Ivan Vella

MiningCommentsPremiumIGO narrows loss but no word on Greenbushes dividend

Battery minerals miner IGO has booked a $34.1 million net loss for the second half of 2025 in a move chief executive Ivan Vella said shows “decisive action” over the past 12 months.

Adrian Rauso and Simone Grogan

PLS will hit restart on the Ngungaju processing plant at its Pilgangoora lithium project in Port Hedland as prices improve.

MiningPremiumPLS fires up idled lithium plant after snaring price floor

PLS has struck quickly to capitalise on a bump in lithium prices and hit restart on the Ngungaju processing plant, as the Dale Henderson-led miner creeps back into profitability. 

Simone Grogan

Bega's strong interim result was well received by investors, who have pushed shares higher. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

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ASX LIVE: Bega says cheese to a four-year high

Hold on to your hats people, today is the mother of all reporting days. There’s Rio Tinto and Bunnings owner Wesfarmers, along with Telstra, Downer EDI, PLS, Medibank, NRW, Regis Resources and Bega Cheese.

Daniel Newell

US shares ended the day higher as tech stocks recovered following a downturn over AI fears. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St ends higher, lifted by Nvidia, other AI stocks

US stocks have finished ahead as nerves around AI dissipate, driving Nvidia, Amazon ‌and other technology-related heavyweights up.

Noel Randewich

Galleria’s revamp will see a new alfresco dining precinct, about 100 retail tenancies, including Myer, an entertainment precinct and major upgrades to the centre court.

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumMorley Galleria revamp on track for December completion

Owner Vicinity Centres has given an indication of when the $240 million revamp of the run-down shopping centre will be finished.

Cheyanne Enciso

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financeBanks, insurers drive ASX higher

Health insurers and the financial sector have helped boost the Aussie sharemarket for a third consecutive day.

Angie Raphael

More than 15 million Australians are facing added pain to already-crunched household budgets after Federal Health Minister Mark Butler on Tuesday approved an above-inflation increase to private health insurance premiums. 

HealthCommentsPremiumMedibank, Nib shares jump on health insurance price rises

Shares in Medibank and Nib have jumped after both insurers announced premium hikes of more than 5 per cent for 2026.

Cheyanne Enciso

Bank shares have surged in February as they impress investors with cost control and benefit from the flow through of three interest rate cuts in 2025.

BankingCommentsPremiumBig banks cash in on AI revolution as tech tanks on ASX

Bank shares have surged in February as they impress investors with cost control and benefit from the flow through of three interest rate cuts in 2025.

Tom Richardson

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NewsPremium‘Gloves will come off’: New threat in GST fight

The gloves will come off “in a Queensland kind of a way” when negotiations resume over the GST carve-up, Premier David Crisafulli has warned.

Nathan Schmidt

Business - Evolution Mining chief executive Jake Klein

MiningCommentsPremiumThis gold miner founder just banked $51m from stock sale

One high-flying gold executive has reaped more than $50 million after cashing out another big chunk of his shareholding in the company he built from scratch.

Adrian Rauso

Fears that AI might upend the labour market and make some businesses obsolete have rattle investors. (EPA PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumGlobal shares regain footing as AI jitters abate

Asian and European shares have risen and US futures are higher, giving investors some relief after bruising declines driven by ‌fears about AI.

Niket Nishant and Scott Murdoch

Santos boss Kevin Gallagher at the Australian Energy Producers conference in Brisbane last year.

EnergyCommentsPremiumSantos culls 400 jobs as boss pockets enormous bonus

Kevin Gallagher’s pay packet for the 2025 year was inflated by a multimillion-dollar payment of performance rights as the oil and gas producer also announced sweeping job cuts

Sean Smith

The majority of stocks have made gains, with all but one sector on the ASX pushed into the green. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

MarketsPremiumAussie shares clinch third session of gains, NAB soars

The washout in precious metals does not appear over, with gold miners still under pressure and dragging on the raw materials sector.

Adrian Black

New BlueScope chief executive Tania Archibald.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumSGH, Steel Dynamics lob new $15b offer on BlueScope

The revised bid is a “best and final” $32.25 a share offer that values Australia’s biggest steel maker at $15 billion.

Sean Smith

Iluka Resources' Eneabba rare earths refinery in on track for commissioning in 2027.

MarketsCommentsASX RECAP: Everything you missed from today’s reports

Hump day! We’re half-way through the first big week of reporting season, and it’s been a mixed bag so far. Did you copper load of that BHP’s result yesterday? Up today is NAB, Iluka, Vicinity and Santos.

Daniel Newell

Wall St was hit with big swings as investors weighed how AI might disrupt business models. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumEquities close little changed as tech shares recover

A quiet finish for US stocks masked big swings underneath the surface as some tech stocks reflected investor worries about the downside of the AI boom.

Chuck Mikolajczak and Purvi Agarwal

The metal had rallied briefly on Friday when modest US inflation data boosted the case for the Federal Reserve to trim interest rates.

GoldPremiumGold slides below $US5,000 as Lunar New Year mutes trade

Gold slipped further below $US5,000 an ounce in thin trading, with much of Asia closed for the Lunar New Year and after a US holiday on Monday.

Robin Paxton

BHP’s share price has surged on the back of a copper resurgence.

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‘Future metal’: BHP bets big on copper as AI demand surges

Copper is now ahead of iron ore as the biggest contributor to BHP’s profit and its chief executive suggests it’s great news for shareholder returns.

Tom Richardson

Petro Australis wants to expand production from oil fields it now operates in Cuba.

EnergyCommentsPremiumBurton’s Cuban float hopeful set back by CEO search

Cuban oil play Petro Australis Energy has parted ways with chief executive and former Woodside Energy executive Shiva McMahon after less than a year.

Sean Smith