The share market has closed higher as a positive investor response to a generous payout from Coles owner Wesfarmers outweighed a sharp fall in BHP Billiton shares.
The Australian share market has closed higher as better than expected corporate earnings reports and expectations of a good result from global miner BHP Billiton boosted sentiment.
QBE Group expects the asset sales and equity raising to improve the quality and flexibility of its balance sheet and help lift the company's performance.
US stocks have rebounded from last week's Ukraine-linked setback as fears of a clash with Russia ebb, with the Dow surging 1.1 per cent and Nasdaq reaching a 14-year high.
The Australian share market has closed modestly higher as investors look ahead to earnings results from global miner BHP Billiton and a dividend from the Commonwealth Bank on Tuesday.
A flare-up in tensions in Ukraine threatened to derail the climb in US stock markets, but traders finally dismissed geopolitics to deliver another week of gains on Wall Street.
The Australian share market has closed at a two-week high on the back of a strong week of company earnings and a potential demerger of assets by BHP Billiton.
US stocks have advanced, extending the prior day's gains after jobless claims increased but overall the data continued to suggest an improving labor market.
The Australian stock market has opened higher following positive leads from Wall Street and a raft of encouraging local earnings results, including telecommunications giant Telstra.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians could share in the nation's biggest class action, which has been launched against a number of banks over late payment fees.
