Australian shares have staged an unlikely comeback from three days of losses with a late rally in technology stocks.
Cameron Micallef
The three major indexes have rebounded from three-week lows, and the Russell 2000 index, tracking rate-sensitive smallcaps, also advanced 0.8 per cent.
Abigail Summerville and Johann M Cherian
A third of ANZ shareholders have voted against its remuneration report, making it the first Big Four bank since Westpac in 2019 to suffer a second strike. New CEO Nuno Matos is forgoing short-term bonuses.
Stephen Johnson
Shares in Europe and US futures have risen, suggesting there might be some respite after a market wash-out over worries about record AI spending.
Stella Qiu and Amanda Cooper
ANZ chairman Paul O’Sullivan says the bank’s board maintains the option to reduce bonuses further for executives amid growing discontent over accountability for past failings.
Adam Haigh
Shares in Boss Energy have tanked more than 25 per cent after the most shorted company on the ASX conceded its Honeymoon uranium mine is not as good as originally spruiked.
Adrian Rauso
The local bourse has ended the session roughly flat as it closes in on 2025's last full week of trading, weighed down by heavy energy and utilities stocks.
Adrian Black
Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O’Neill has quit Australia’s biggest oil and gas group to lead global giant BP.
Sean Smith
Bullion analysts are predicting the price of gold will continue to increase in 2026.
Polina Devitt
US stocks have closed slightly lower as investors digested comments from a Federal Reserve governor about the central bank still having room to cut rates.
Cboe Global Markets’ Australian unit is receiving strong demand for its listings market and signalled more initial public offerings from miners, even after its parent company initiated a sales process.
Carmeli Argana and Amy Bainbridge
Oil has dropped to its lowest level in almost five years, weighing on the Aussie sharemarket on Wednesday.
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Two of Australia’s biggest banks are wagering that 2026 will be the year oversupply fears and China’s atrophying property sector finally catch up with iron ore prices.
Simone Grogan
The gas play plans to sound out potential partners to help develop its namesake project by mid-2026, arguing the offshore Equus gas fields are ready to fill a shortfall as North West Shelf production declines.
Sterling has tumbled as inflation data cements a British interest rate cut, while oil prices leapt after the US blockaded tankers in and out of Venezuela.
Marc Jones
The local market continues to sell-off in 2025's last full week of trading, as investors with dwindling reasons to celebrate turn to the safe haven of gold.
New Treasury Wine Estates boss Sam Fischer has his hands full executing a turnaround for the struggling winemaker, which has announced an overhaul program targeting $100m in savings amid weakening demand.
Cheyanne Enciso
Treasury Wine Estates has announced a company-wide overhaul — including asset sales and cost cuts — as the Penfolds producer tackles weakening demand in its key markets.
Daniel Newell
US stocks have closed lower as investors consider US jobs data, while oil prices sagged on hopes for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal.
Australia’s sharemarket fell in line with much of the world ahead of the release of a pivotal US report.
Asian share markets have fallen and Europe has opened lower before the release of delayed US employment data that could influence the Fed on interest rates.
Elizabeth Howcroft
Weakness in energy, mining and technology stocks have weighed on the Australian market, turning a modest lift to a clear loss by the close.
Perseus Mining has stuck to its guns by refusing to bump up a $2.1 billion takeover offer for Predictive Discovery, labelling a rival bid from Robex Resources as ‘inferior’.
Steve McCann, the man brought in to rescue Star Entertainment Group almost 18 months ago, has revealed his immediate exit from the embattled casino operator.
