The Australian share market has had its worst day in three weeks with the financial and energy sectors weighing heavily as analysts await economic clues from the US and China
The Australian share market has been sapped of its recent bullishness during a thin day of trade, but the local bourse shook off a subdued resources sector to remain at a near 11-year high.
Flight Centre shares have dropped 12 per cent after Australia's biggest travel agency slashed its full-year profit guidance due to a weaker than expected performance in the local leisure market.
Stalled inflation raised hopes of a rate cut and helped the Australian share market to an 11-year high, but the Aussie dollar is languishing at a near six-week low.
The Australian share market has opened strongly, with healthcare and tech stocks in the ascendancy after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record closing highs overnight.
The Australian share market has surged through the 6300 barrier in the first trading session after the four-day Easter break, finishing at its highest point in eight months on a buoyant energy sect
The proportion of women on the boards of ASX200 companies has fallen for the first time in four years, putting a dent in the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ 30 per cent gender diversity target.
The Australian share market has continued to rise through the first trading session after the four-day Easter break, with board-based gains led by a surging energy sector.
The Australian share market has closed marginally higher after a choppy day in which better than expected jobs numbers caused the local bourse to lose some of its midday gains.
The Australian share market has dipped in early trade, with the mining giants more than offsetting a positive open for the financial and energy sectors.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has reported a 14 per cent drop in quarterly iron ore shipments and cut its 2019 shipments estimate on disruption caused by a tropical cyclone which hit its export terminal in Western Australia last month.
