Aust shares edge higher at noon after 4 days of losses
The ASX200 was up 0.2 per cent at midday, stabilising after a four-day losing streak, even as Fed chairman Jay Powell spoke of keeping rates high for longer.
The ASX200 was up 0.2 per cent at midday, stabilising after a four-day losing streak, even as Fed chairman Jay Powell spoke of keeping rates high for longer.
The ASX200 finished down 0.1 per cent, giving up its modest morning gains, as Fed chairman Jay Powell spoke of keeping rates high for longer.
The ASX200 has finished down 0.1 per cent despite setting a record intraday high on strength from the mining sector.
The ASX200 rose 1.0 per cent to finish at 7,897 after trading above 7,900 for the first time ever on the last day of the March quarter.
The local share market closed down 0.4 per cent, with losses for the technology and telecommunications sectors outweighing gains by oil and gas producers.
Every sector has lost ground in broad-based selling ahead of another important US inflation readout seen as key in determining the speed of rate cuts.
The ASX200 rose 1.1 per cent to finish above 7,800 for the first time after more talk of rate cuts as soon as June in the US and Europe.
The ASX200 has finished at its highest-ever level for the second time this month after Jerome Powell told Congress rate cuts are likely this year.
The ASX200 has risen 0.6 per cent to finish above 7,700 for the first time amid optimism around global markets and risk-on sentiment.
The Australian share market has hit a record in intraday trading, before closing at its second-highest level after rallying all afternoon.
The local share market was down 0.1 per cent at midday, as BHP, Sonic Healthcare, Sims, Humm Group and others reported first-half earnings.
The local share market has finished up 0.3 per cent, after better-than-expected earnings from AGL, Transurban, Mirvac, News Corp and Cochlear.
The domestic bourse has hit a fresh all-time high after Amazon, Meta, and Apple all exceeded earnings expectations, raising investor risk appetite.
The ASX200 has closed at a new record high, boosted by cooler-than-expected inflation data that raises the chances of quicker rate hikes.
The local share market was up 0.6 per cent at midday, and had moved less than three points away from eclipsing its previous record high set back in mid-2021.
For a second time this month, the local share market came close to eclipsing its record high set back in mid-2021 but most of its gains faded in the afternoon.
The Australian share market has climbed half a per cent as surging mining companies helped the index to its fifth successive day of gains.
The ASX200 has fallen 0.6 per cent as traders digested US retail sales data and a fall in Australian employment.
The Australian bourse gave up most of the previous day's gains, with the mining sector dropping 2.1 per cent, its worst day in nearly three months.
After its near-record start to 2024, the local share market has finished down 1.4 per cent, its worst one-day drop since July, with losses across every sector.
The ASX200 has finished up 0.8 per cent and is closing in on its all-time high reached in August 2021.
The local share market fell 0.4 per cent on Friday, snapping its two-day rally, but December will still be its best month since November 2020.
The ASX200 came within a tenth of a point of its all-time record set August 13, 2021 this morning, before closing just five points under it.
The local share market has fallen 0.3 per cent and is on track for just its second losing day out of the past 10 sessions.
The local share market dropped 0.5 per cent, closing lower for just the second time out of the past 10 sessions.
The local bourse has closed up 0.8 per cent to finish at its highest level since early February, in what one analyst called a textbook Santa rally.
The ASX200 made its biggest daily gain in more than a year as lower-than-expected GDP growth signals the RBA's rate rises are having their intended effect.
The ASX200 closed down 0.9 per cent despite the Reserve Bank's decision to keep interest rates on hold at its final meeting of 2023.
The ASX200 had a strong afternoon, turning around its slight morning losses to close the day up 0.74 per cent.
The ASX200 was down 0.1 per cent at midday as choppy trading continues but November is on track to be index's second-best month of the year.
The local share market was up 0.35 per cent at midday, with US markets closed overnight for a public holiday.