The Australian dollar has gained against the US dollar as investors await the US presidential debate with Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democrats Hilary Clinton.
Oil has settled up three per cent as the world's largest producers gathered in Algeria to discuss ways to support prices, with nervous trade driving volatility to its highest since a similar meeting to freeze output in April in Doha which failed.
Gold has steadied, after a retreat in the US dollar helped it build on last week's gains but moves were muted with markets awaiting a US presidential debate for pointers as to the outcome of November's election.
Labor says bank profits are too highFederal Labor MP Pat Conroy will demand to know why Australian banks have higher returns on equity than those in other countries when h
ASX boss Dominic Stevens has apologised for the "unacceptable" outage that stopped trading on the Australian stock market on Monday but defended its handling of the situation.
State government gaming agency Lotterywest has beaten its revenue budget and grabbed its biggest share of spending per capita for three years, but it continues to watch the threat of online gambling and other web-based gaming products from outside Western Australia.
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher, taking cues from steady gains on Wall Street a day after the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates.
US stocks have climbed, with big tech names leading broad gains, building on strength from a day earlier that was fuelled by the Federal Reserve's decision to stand pat on interest rates.
Gold prices rose to a two-week high after the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates on hold sent the dollar to its lowest level since the start of last week.
Lowe: RBA can only do so muchReserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has thrown responsibility for the nation’s biggest economic challenges – including low wage gro
The share market has posted a third straight day of gains as major central banks leave their interest settings unchanged to help stimulate economic growth.
Indian business couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal are "very satisfied" with a commercial settlement with the ANZ Banking Group believed to be worth hundreds of millions following their high profile legal dispute.
US stocks have rallied and the US dollar index eased further after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, keeping its low-rate environment intact for now.
NBN fees to force telcos out of businessExcessive fees charged by NBN Co are forcing small and medium telecommunication companies to raise their prices or
Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder has taken a substantial pay cut with a halving in his short-term incentive payments after a year in which his Coles-owning conglomerate took a hefty hit to profits.
US oil (WTI) prices have edged up on hopes the planned restart of country's main petrol pipeline after a leak more than a week ago will boost demand, while Brent has slipped amid scepticism over a proposed deal to freeze production.
Gloss comes off Teoh’s TPG as NBN costs biteThe high cost of delivering data over the national broadband network as customers switch to super-fast broadband, a softer than
Oil prices have rallied rallied before settling off their highs on scepticism over Venezuela's bid to talk up a potential OPEC output freeze and on indications US crude stockpiles have risen.
Gold prices have risen as the US dollar has slipped but gains were capped by jitters ahead of a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting and a rise in US government bond yields.
Morrison rebuffs idea of RBA using QETreasurer Scott Morrison has rebuffed the notion that the Reserve Bank of Australia would resort to using quantitative easing, or bond
