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US stocks rise on strong earnings by Microsoft and Meta

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US stocks advanced overnight, with the Dow and S&P 500 posting their eighth straight session of gains after strong results from megacaps Microsoft and Meta eased concerns about artificial intelligence spending.

Australian shares edge higher

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The Australian share market has started the month on a positive note and held on to its multi-day winning streak.

Wall Street storms back from early losses

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Much like its wild month of April, a scary overnight for Wall Street found a gentler ending as US stocks stormed back from steep early losses.

Rate-cut talk, banks push ASX higher

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The Australian share market has risen for a fifth-straight session and closed the month higher, as hopes of an interest rate cut narrowed on favourable inflation data.

Wall Street gains as earnings, data and tariffs gauged

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US stocks closed solidly overnight in positive territory after seesawing between modest gains and losses in choppy trading

Australian shares hit seven-week high

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The Australian share market is trading at a seven-week high after posting a fourth-straight session of gains.

Wall Street takes a breath ahead of another week full of potential swings

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US stocks drifted to a mixed finish overnight, ahead of potential flashpoints this week that could bring more sharp swings for financial markets.

Australian shares gain more ground

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Australian shares continue to gain ground as dwindling trade war headlines help bring stability to markets after weeks of tariff-induced volatility.

Wall St posts weekly gains, focus on tariffs, earnings

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Wall Street has advanced, notching weekly gains as investors parsed a spate of earnings and looked for signs of easing tensions in the US-China trade dispute.

ASX finishes short week on a high

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The Australian share market is up for a second-straight week as the US tones down its tough talk on tariffs.

Wall St ends higher on hopes of trade war de-escalation

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US stocks finished stronger overnight.

Australian shares trade up to pre-Liberation Day levels

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Australian shares have recovered to their highest levels since US Liberation Day tariffs sparked a sell-off that wiped trillions of dollars from global markets.

Wall St ends higher on hopes of easing tariff tensions

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US stocks rebounded overnight as a spate of quarterly earnings reports and hints at the de-escalation of US-China trade tensions brought buyers in from the sidelines.

Gold shines as share safe haven

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The Australian share market is largely unchanged as gains by goldminers and the Commonwealth Bank offset broad losses.

Leaders pause for Pope death

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Politics will be toned down for a day after the Pope's death as millions of Australians begin to cast their votes with the opening of pre-polling.

Wall St ends sharply lower after Trump's Powell tirade

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US stocks suffered steep losses overnight as US president Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

Australian shares grind back losses from US trade war

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The Australian share market has made its first weekly gain since March, clawing back most of the losses forged from US trade war escalations.

Indexes drop as Fed says growth appears to be slowing

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US stocks ended sharply lower overnight.

Banks help ASX trim losses

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Australian shares have edged slightly lower on Wednesday, but outperformed indexes in Asia and US futures with help from the financial sector.

Wall St eases as tariff jitters keep investors on edge

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US stocks finished slightly lower overnight.

Shares edge higher as Trump mulls auto tariff relief

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Australian shares have posted a second straight day of gains for the first time since US 'Liberation Day' tariffs sparked weeks of market volatility.

Stocks rally worldwide

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Stocks rose overnight after US president Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the US bond market seems to be easing.

Tariff pivot helps shares take a breath

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Australian shares have started the week with a rally after the US softened limited tariffs on China.

Trump says chips from China will face security probe

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US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his latest message that the exclusion of smartphones and computers from his reciprocal tariffs on China will be short-lived, pledging a national security trade investigation into the semiconductor sector.

Major parties pledge housing, tax sweeteners

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Australians wanting to buy their first home and taxpayers looking for cost of living reprieve became the centrepiece of the major parties' pitches over the weekend.

Focus on west as voters start to make up their minds

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader Peter Dutton were campaigning around Perth on Saturday as they race to sell their message before voters make up their minds.

Shares lower as uncertainty trumps confidence

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The Australian share market has finished the week down after a tariff delay wasn't enough to offset worries over an escalating US-China trade war.

Aust shares droop as US hits China with higher tariffs

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The local bourse has resumed losing ground after US tariffs on China were revealed to be higher than previously thought, stoking fears of a global recession.

Wall St lower as tariff risks send investors fleeing

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US stocks tumbled overnight on mounting worries over the economic impact of US president Donald Trump's multi-front tariff war.

Shares post biggest daily gain in five years

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Australian shares have rebounded strongly after US President Donald Trump delayed his latest round of tariffs as the US-China trade war escalates.

Santos CEO vows to stay

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Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has declared he has no plans to leave the job anytime soon, while calling for sensible policy in the energy transition.

Australian shares bounce after latest Trump backflip

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Australian shares have rebounded sharply, tracking with an overnight Wall Street rally after US President Donald Trump shifted gears on tariffs yet again.