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Iron ore strong as BHP, Rio flag maintenance

Oil futures fell more than one per cent overnight, extending a more than three per cent drop in prices in the previous session, after US government data showed large builds in refined product stockpiles.

Gold prices rose more than one per cent overnight as weaker-than-expected US data increased prospects for an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, dragging the US dollar lower.

The Australian share market has bounced back from a morning dip to finish higher, ending a three-day losing streak.

Environmental Water Solutions has been awarded a $292,961 federal grant courtesy of the Accelerating Commercialisation fund, the only Western Australia-based company to benefit from the latest roun

The Australian share market has opened slightly higher despite a negative lead from Wall Street.

Shell boss presses PM over carbon price

Oil prices fell more than three per cent overnight after US President Donald Trump said progress has been made with Iran.

Gold prices fell overnight after better-than-expected US retail sales data lowered the likelihood of an aggressive interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in investors' eyes, boosting the US dollar.

The Australian share market has closed down for a third day, its first three-day losing streak since late May.

Austral chief executive David Carter reflected on his career as a deckhand as well as the importance of sustainability at a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast this morning.

The Australian share market has opened marginally higher ahead of the release of the central bank's minutes from its last meeting.

LNG breaks record with $50.5b of exports

Gold edged lower overnight as global stock markets gained with investors focusing on some upbeat economic readings from mixed Chinese economic data while a firm US dollar further weighed on bullion.

Oil prices sank about one per cent overnight on signs that the impact of a tropical storm on US Gulf Coast production and refining would be short-lived while Chinese economic data dimmed the crude demand outlook.

The Australian share market has fallen for a second day, with nearly every sector in the red despite a positive lead from Wall Street last week.

The Australian share market has opened sharply lower as all sectors started the day in negative territory.

Oil prices were little changed on Friday as US Gulf of Mexico crude output dropped by more than half from disruptions caused by a tropical storm but concerns over a global crude surplus in the months ahead limited gains.

Gold prices inched higher on Friday as investors shrugged off concerns that stronger-than-expected consumer inflation in the United States could influence the US central bank's decision on aggressive monetary policy easing.

Mining wages hit boom-time highs

The Australian share market has finished lower, ending a lacklustre week on a negative note ahead of a raft of economic data due from China.

The Committee for Economic Development of Australia has announced the appointment of Diane Smith-Gander as its new chairperson, alongside two other board appointments.

The Australian share market has opened lower, with only the financial sector able to make any gains.

Now the really big Australian

Gold prices slumped one per cent overnight, erasing gains posted earlier in the session after stronger-than-expected consumer inflation in the United States cast doubts whether the US central bank will cut interest rates as aggressively as expected.

Oil prices fell overnight as OPEC forecast slower demand for its crude next year, with crude futures easing from their highest in more than a month after US producers cut about half of their output in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of what could be one of the first major storms of the Atlantic hurricane season.

The Australian share market has risen for a second day, with gains across the board after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent a strong signal overnight that the central bank was ready to cut interest rates.

Research into the role exercise can play in helping cancer patients has Rob Newton in the running for a gong at the 2019 Premier’s Science Awards, the finalists for which were announced last month.

Plan needed to avoid ‘infrastructure chaos’

Oil prices rose 4.5 per cent a barrel overnight to their highest level in more than a month after US crude inventories shrank and as major producers cut nearly a third of offshore Gulf of Mexico production ahead of an expected storm.

Gold prices recouped losses to rise more than one per cent overnight as the US dollar slid after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fanned expectations of an interest rate cut, citing risks to the US economy.

The Australian share market has closed higher as every sector except for the miners rallied ahead of highly anticipated testimony by the US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.