Oil rose 3.3 per cent on Tuesday to the highest close in more than a month, a day after US oil producer Anadarko said it would cut capital spending plans and Saudi Arabia vowed to reduce crude exports to help curb global oversupply.
Fleetwood Corporation has adopted a new constitution that will make it easier for it to pay dividends, after pressure was applied by an activist shareholder group earlier this year.
The Australian share market has closed higher as bargain-hunting investors ignored a mixed lead from US markets and lifted most stocks across the board.
The Australian share market has lifted in early trade, bouncing back from its previous session's losses, with investors also shrugging off mixed results on Wall Street overnight.
HBF to close branches in cost-cutting moveHBF is closing three of its 20 branches and dumping its longrunning hospital liaison service as part of new chief John Van Der
Oil has risen more than 1 per cent, after leading OPEC producer Saudi Arabia pledged to cut exports in August to help reduce the global crude glut, and Halliburton Co's executive chairman said the US shale drilling boom would probably ease next year.
Gold prices have pared gains as the US dollar has turned slightly higher, after bullion rose to a one-month high as political turmoil in the United States boosted sentiment ahead of a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting this week.
The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, dragged down by the big four banks and the energy sector on the back of a steep slump in commodity prices.
WA pastoralists keen on carbon-farming schemePastoralists have called on the State Government to help them take part in a Federal Government carbon-farming scheme that could be worth hundr
The Australian dollar has been an underperformer but is still slightly higher against its US counterpart which has fallen amid a sharp slump in oil prices.
Oil prices have slid, settling about 2.5 per cent lower after a consultancy forecast a rise in OPEC production for July despite the group's pledge to curb output, reigniting concerns the global market will stay awash with crude.
Gold has been pushing to its biggest weekly gain in two months as a surging euro dragged the US dollar to its weakest since June 2016, making bullion cheaper for holders of other currencies.
The Australian share market has closed lower as investors took profits, and the Australian dollar has retreated as Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle hosed down speculation that the RBA was moving towards hiking interest rates.
Building products company CSR has closed its Jandakot glass factory resulting in the loss of 58 jobs, though growth by competitors including Walshs Glass and Tough Glass will mitigate the impact.
Retirement fees to be probedA barrage of complaints by WA seniors who feel they are being ripped off by retirement villages will be scrutinised by State Government inve
The Australian dollar has held on to gains after it received a boost from the latest employment numbers which showed another rise in full-time employment.
Oil settled lower in choppy trading, as nagging worries about abundant global crude supplies sank prices after an early rally boosted Brent above $50 per barrel for the first time since June 7.
Gold prices rose to a three-week high after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said ECB policymakers would discuss potential changes to the bank's bond-buying scheme in the autumn, lifting the euro to a 14-month high.
Origin gas find to feed east coastOrigin Energy could be sitting on a multi-billion dollar gas resource in the Northern Territory that is several times the size of the
The Australian dollar has continued to make gains, helped by a recovery in iron ore and oil prices and as traders stay bullish ahead of employment data later on Thursday.
The major US stock indices have closed at record highs, helped partly by technology stocks, which surpassed a long-standing mark despite gains on the Dow being capped by a sharp drop in IBM shares.
Gold slipped back towards $US1,240 an ounce on Wednesday, after three straight day's of gains, as the U.S. dollar's recovered slightly from a 10-month low.
Western Australia is behind the mark when it comes to female leadership at ASX-listed companies, but gender diversity has improved on the boards of the nation’s top public companies.
Big gains by the major banks on softer-than-expected new capital requirements have driven the share market higher, while the Australian dollar remains at a two-year high.
The Australian share market has lifted in early trade on the back of a rally in financial stocks, but weakness in materials and energy stocks is expected to cap gains during the session.
RBA signals cash rate rise to 3.5pcThe Reserve Bank of Australia looks to be shifting tentatively towards ending more than four years of emergency monetary policy suppo
