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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed higher overnight, with artificial intelligence-related deals driving much of the gains.

Westpac plots path to home loan revival

Australia's share market has eked a small gain to start the week, with banks and the tech sector counterbalancing losses in health care and mining stocks.

$841m public service pay blowout

Australia's share market has limped to the finish in a grim week for the bourse, as stock-specific shocks and a hot inflation report weighed on sentiment.

Wall Street's three major indexes lost ground overnight with the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 leading losses as Meta and Microsoft shares tumbled.

Retail sector's rebound could raise liquidity risk: UniSuper

Australia's share market has sunk to two-week lows as positive headlines from US-China trade talks couldn't soothe investor worries over the gloomy new outlook for interest rate cuts.

The Dow has ended lower and the S&P 500 finished close to flat overnight after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates.

Inflation leap flags end of rate cut cycle

Australia's share market has fallen to its lowest level in two weeks after a surprise inflation spike dampened hopes of further interest rate cuts this year.

Underlying inflation has risen to three per cent over the year to September, damaging mortgage holders' hopes of an interest rate cut.

The US stock market pushed further into record heights overnight.

McNamee vows to stay, CSL avoids spill

The local share market has handed back the previous session's gains with interest, after stock-specific shocks and mining sector selling weighed on sentiment.

US Stocks climbed to more records overnight ahead of a week packed with potentially market-moving events for Wall Street.

Microsoft accused of AI rorting

Australia's share market has started the week higher after reports of China and the US being on the verge of a trade deal.

Officials from the United States and China are working on a potential deal to pause steeper tariffs and rare earths export controls ahead of a leaders' meeting.

Watt open to diluting bill impacts

Australia's share market has limped to the finish line in an almost flat session but held onto some of the week's gains that took it to all-time highs.

Wall Street advanced overnight as investors mulled a mixed batch of corporate earnings and shifting geopolitical concerns.

Record claims hit Fair Work

Australia's share market has pared early losses to edge slightly higher, as a strong energy sector and a mining rebound kept the market above water.

Wall Street closed lower overnight as a wave of mixed earnings, including Netflix's disappointing results, dampened risk sentiment

WFH ruling could ‘trap' employers

Australia's share market has handed back the previous day's record-breaking gains with interest, after plunging gold prices prompted a mining sector sell-off.

Gold's interstellar run has spectacularly fallen back to earth in its biggest daily price drop since 2013, as a mining sector pullback drags on the bourse.

US stocks have closed mixed overnight with the Dow out front, as a string of solid earnings lured investors to industrials and capital goods

No time to tinker with transition

A mining sector rally has pushed the local share market to record highs, as gold continued to soar and a US-Australia critical minerals deal bolstered local rare earths producers.

US stocks jumped overnight, with finance and technology shares providing much of the upside muscle.