Australia's share market closed little changed, but could have been lower if not for giants CSL and Fortescue giving good earnings reports and steadying the indices.
Australia's share market has closed lower, while two retail leaders warned pandemic sales may have peaked ahead of government assistance being wound back and travel restrictions easing.
Australia's share market closed above 6900 points for the first time since February last year, and an analyst expects it will rally in the short term as coronavirus vaccines are distributed.
A week of more confident earnings reporting on the Australian share market has ended on a low note, as Victorians prepare for a five-day coronavirus lockdown.
Australia's share market closed little changed on a day when executives showed more confidence giving earnings guidance as they better understand COVID-19 trading.
Telstra executives continued to assure investors that the decade-long costs of customers migrating to the NBN are almost over, after the carrier's first-half profit slipped by 2.2 per cent.
Australia's share market has closed higher despite the Commonwealth Bank posting first-half earnings that show times remain difficult in the banking sector.
Commonwealth Bank chief Matt Comyn is not worried about a housing price bubble forming from low rates, saying buying is different to the previous boom.
Investors have suffered broad-based losses on the Australian share market ahead of keenly anticipated economic forecasts in Commonwealth Bank's first-half earnings on Wednesday.
Australia's share market has closed higher and investors have overcome a barrier in their efforts to push the indices above the record highs set in February last year.
Jeff Bezos, who founded and turned Amazon into an online shopping behemoth, is stepping down as the company's CEO, a role he's had for nearly 30 years.
Investors had their highest gains in almost four weeks on the Australian share market, as the Reserve Bank said it would extend its bond-buying to keep economic recovery on track.
