ANALYSIS: Positive news on employment and among some key commodities appears to mark a positive trend for the state’s economy, and Business News' BN30 stock index backs that up.
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Oil prices have fallen nearly two per cent ahead of monthly contract expiration, pulling back from last week's rally built on signs the global market is starting to rebalance from chronic oversupply.
Shares in BlueScope Steel have fallen more than 20 per cent despite its full-year profit more than doubling, after the company offered a mixed outlook on the back of rising costs.
Australian shares have started the week in the red following falls in international markets and dragged down by a sharp loss in BlueScope Steel stocks.
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The Australian dollar is up sharply against its US counterpart back above 79 US cents amid a slight rebound in risk appetite following US President Donald Trump's firing of controversial Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
Oil prices have risen sharply, as the dollar fell and US drillers cut rigs, feeding a rally that boosted global benchmark Brent crude to a weekly gain while US crude was virtually flat on the week.
Gold prices have closed little changed after jumping to their highest in more than nine months as the US dollar retreated on political uncertainty in the United States and a suspected Islamist militant attack in Spain boosted bullion's safe-haven appeal.
The share market has closed lower after increased political uncertainty in the US sparked a sharp sell-off on Wall Street and soured global risk appetite.
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The Australian dollar has fallen more than half a cent against its US counterpart with the greenback strengthening amid euro weakness following the release of European Central Bank's policy meeting minutes.
Oil prices have risen amid renewed attention on US oil stockpile declines after an industry report suggested oil inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma hub were dropping.
Gold prices have risen for a second day after Federal Reserve officials hinted that US interest rates could rise more slowly than expected, while palladium has been lifted to a fresh 16-year high by strong industrial metals markets.
The Australian share market has posted a modest fall, dragged lower by a massive sell-off of Telstra shares after the telco said it would cut future dividends.
The Australian share market is trading higher after an initial opening plunge in the wake of a shock annoucement from Telstra that the telco giant will cut its future dividends.
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The outperforming Australian dollar has soared almost one US cent as its counterpart has fallen after US president Donald Trump disbanded two business advisory councils and following Federal Reserve committee minutes.
Oil prices have fallen more than one per cent even though US crude stockpiles declined by the most in a year, as data suggesting domestic production was edging higher stoked worries about the global crude glut.
Gold has risen about one per cent, shaking off two days of losses, as the dollar edged lower after the release of the minutes from Federal Reserve's July meeting at which policymakers voted unanimously to keep US interest rates unchanged.
The Australian share market has closed higher on a day of mixed company earnings results, with market heavyweights Commonwealth Bank and Suncorp down as they traded ex-dividend.
The Australian market has opened comfortably higher following mainly positive early earnings reports, and after Wall Street closed with its key indexes little changed.
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Oil prices have fallen, extending the prior session's heavy sell-off as the US dollar has risen more and as signs of weaker petroleum demand in China weighs the market down for a second day.
Gold has fallen nearly per cent, down for a second day after better-than-expected US economic data and easing tensions over North Korea encouraged investors to buy riskier assets, boosting stocks, the US dollar and bond yields.
