Live updates: AUD touching 70 US cents, Wall Street dips on AI stocks, ACTU pushes above-inflation wages
2h agoWed 4 Feb 2026 at 8:39pmMarket snapshotASX 200 futures: +0.2%Australian dollar: -0.4% at 69.95 US centsWall Street:…
Panic selling hits gold as analysts warn of potential ‘regime change’ in financial markets
After surging to historic highs, gold and silver prices have come crashing back down to earth. Gold reached…
Donald Trump triggers a gold rush as investors flee the United States
What is that old line from the New York Yankees star Yogi Berra? “It’s tough to make predictions,…
Floods push crocodiles into Mozambican towns as health concerns rise
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As floods ravage Mozambique, crocodiles are appearing in submerged towns and responsible for at…
BHP gaining ground as CBA loses its shine in market power struggle
The year is barely underway but already there’s a power struggle between our biggest corporations as they battle…
Live updates: Wall Street rallies on Taiwan chips, AUD almost to 67 US cents
44m agoThu 15 Jan 2026 at 9:36pmUpdate Market snapshot ASX 200 futures:Â +0.1%Â Australian dollar: +0.2% to 69.97 US centsWall…
Live updates: Microsoft signs AI deal with ACTU, ASX to rise after Wall Street slides
2h agoWed 14 Jan 2026 at 8:57pmMarket snapshotASX 200 futures:Â +0.1%Â Australian dollar: flat to 66.83 US centsWall Street: Dow…
Rio Tinto in merger talks with Glencore, takeover could create world’s biggest miner
Mining giant Rio Tinto is in talks to take over Swiss group Glencore, in a move that could…
Market updates: Glencore and Rio Tinto back in merger talks, ASX to rise after choppy Wall Street trade
28m agoThu 8 Jan 2026 at 10:35pmMarket snapshotASX 200 futures: +0.3%Â Australian dollar: flat at 66.98 US centsWall Street:…
Live updates: More than $100m compensation to be paid to First Guardian investors
55m agoWed 17 Dec 2025 at 8:55pmMarket snapshotASX 200 futures: flatAustralian dollar: -0.4% to 66.04 US centsWall Street…
RBA interest rate hike expectations on the rise after mixed jobs report — as it happened
This note just dropped from RBC Capital Markets. The seasonally adjusted November data are mixed with enough in…
Live updates: ASX to rise, as Facebook’s owner backs away from Metaverse
43m agoThu 4 Dec 2025 at 8:26pmMarket snapshotASX 200 futures: +0.1%Australian dollar: +0.3% at 66.19 US centsWall Street:…