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ASX falls; Pacific Smiles rallies; gold, lithium miners drop
Shares retreat after late US sell-off; Pacific Smiles turns down “undervalued” bid; $A eases to US67.37¢; global bond yields drop after UK inflation print; oil holds three-day gain. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Sarah Jones, Joanne Tran and Cecile Lefort
Yesterday
ASX rallies; KMD, PEXA tumble; consumer stocks jump
Shares advance, tracking gains on Wall Street; oil rises; Orica buys Canadian company for $560 million; KMD Brands sales slide; $A rises. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort and Sarah Jones
This Month
ASX charges ahead, Rio closes at record high
Shares rally; AGL plans $750m battery plant, Propel Funeral expands; Apple slips on patent loss, Azure gets sweeter bid, Origin spends big in UK. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
ASX falls; Link, Adbri climb over 20pc; real estate drops
Shares decline at the closing bell; UK-listed CRH and Barro in deal to buy Adbri, Japanese giant MUFG agrees to $1.2b buyout of Link Group; $A steady. Follow here for more.
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- Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort and Sarah Jones
Miners lift shares; Pilbara Minerals pops 5pc, US dollar falls
Commodities rally on US dollar weakness. Sigma sinks. Afterpay-owner Block jumps. Dow Jones hits record high. Bond yields fall. ECB, BoE hold rates. Follow here.
- Andrew Hobbs, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran and Tom Richardson
ASX closes at 18-week high after Fed signals rate cuts
Shares post their best one-day performance of the year after the US flags rate cuts; property stocks rally, $A jumps to US67¢.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Joanne Tran, Tom Richardson, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Sarah Jones
Miners, tech lift shares; Fortescue, Neuren hit record highs
Shares gain 0.3pc as health stocks climb. Sigma jumps on Chemist Warehouse deal. Air NZ cuts guidance. Wall St cheers US inflation data. Oil sinks. Bond yields fall. Follow here.
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- Joanne Tran, Andrew Hobbs, Joshua Peach, Cecile Lefort, Sarah Jones and Tom Richardson
ASX climbs; lithium miners decline; Xero rallies
Shares rise at the closing bell; investors remain cautious ahead of key US inflation data tomorrow; Incitec Pivot appoints new chief executive; oil steadies, bitcoin drops. Follow here for more.
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- Andrew Hobbs, Sarah Jones, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran and Cecile Lefort
ASX closes flat; Pact Group, Woodside shares climb as miners fall
ASX ends Monday largely unchanged. Sigma agrees Chemist Warehouse merger; Kin Group ups Pact bid to 84¢. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Sarah Jones, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran and Cecile Lefort
ASX gains, buoyed by Santos, iron ore demand
Shares up; AI enthusiasm bolsters Wall Street; Santos boosted by merger talk with Woodside; Genex seals QLD deal; Sky City cuts guidance. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
ASX closes flat after Woodside, Santos rallies reverse energy rout
Australian shares end near where they started after merger rumours prompt Santos and Woodside to recover losses. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Cecile Lefort, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
ASX jumps 1.7pc on rate cut bets; Perpetual climbs
Shares advance at the closing bell; Perpetual announces strategic review; Rio Tinto and Endeavour hold investor days; GDP expands 0.2 per cent in third quarter, missing forecasts. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Sarah Jones
ASX posts worst day in six weeks; Origin Energy jumps, miners fall
ASX shares close 0.9 per cent lower after Australia’s central bank left the cash rate on hold at its final meeting of 2023. Tech and miners fall. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Cecile Lefort and Joanne Tran
ASX rallies; energy stocks decline; BHP jumps
Shares advance at the closing bell; the proposed $20 billion buyout of Origin Energy by the Brookfield and EIG consortium was defeated; Metcash reports interim results; gold and bitcoin surge. Follow here for more.
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- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Joshua Peach, Cecile Lefort and Sarah Jones
ASX closes lower after bumper November rally, tech sinks
Australian shares start December on the back foot. Oil lower amid scepticism of OPEC+ cuts. Premier Investments jumps. Follow updates here.
- Timothy Moore
November
ASX rallies; Origin Energy drops; Iress, SkyCity shares climb
Shares advance at the closing bell; Iress posts earnings upgrade; Origin rejects Brookfield’s revised takeover bid; court rules in favour of SkyCity over dispute with Macquarie; oil climbs. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Sarah Jones
CPI surprise buoys ASX; Healius rallies, EML Payments plunges
Australian shares close higher after CPI data shows inflation cooled in October. RBNZ leaves rates on hold. Gold hits six-month high. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Cecile Lefort and Sarah Jones
Gold miners lift ASX, Origin Energy weighs
Shares jump; Plenti boosted by NAB; retail sales fall 0.2 per cent; Origin delays LNG shipments; $A above US66¢; Follow CFO Live updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach, Joanne Tran and Sarah Jones
Miners drag ASX lower; QBE, Healius shares rally
Shares declined at the closing bell; Adore Beauty board rejected THG cash offer; Healius chairwoman to step down; retail sales data this week. Follow updates here.
- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Sarah Jones
ASX ends higher; energy, utilities lift, Origin jumps, WiseTech falls
Shares tip higher on Friday; WiseTech appoints new chairman; Star casinos in Queensland granted with extension; Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Sarah Jones
