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The Australian share market has closed at two-month highs, as a sustained rally helped the bourse to its best week since 2023.

US stocks advanced overnight, with the Dow and S&P 500 posting their eighth straight session of gains after strong results from megacaps Microsoft and Meta eased concerns about artificial intelligence spending.

Labor in battle for majority

The Australian share market has started the month on a positive note and held on to its multi-day winning streak.

Much like its wild month of April, a scary overnight for Wall Street found a gentler ending as US stocks stormed back from steep early losses.

Coalition reveals its cuts

The Australian share market has risen for a fifth-straight session and closed the month higher, as hopes of an interest rate cut narrowed on favourable inflation data.

The latest rental affordability snapshot paints a bleak picture for people on lower incomes in the private rental market.

US stocks closed solidly overnight in positive territory after seesawing between modest gains and losses in choppy trading

One Nation gives Dutton a poll boost

The Australian share market is trading at a seven-week high after posting a fourth-straight session of gains.

US stocks drifted to a mixed finish overnight, ahead of potential flashpoints this week that could bring more sharp swings for financial markets.

Lynas pans PM's plan for stockpile

Australian shares continue to gain ground as dwindling trade war headlines help bring stability to markets after weeks of tariff-induced volatility.

Wall Street has advanced, notching weekly gains as investors parsed a spate of earnings and looked for signs of easing tensions in the US-China trade dispute.

PM warns on power sharing

The Australian share market is up for a second-straight week as the US tones down its tough talk on tariffs.

US stocks finished stronger overnight.

Government to create critical minerals reserve

Australian shares have recovered to their highest levels since US Liberation Day tariffs sparked a sell-off that wiped trillions of dollars from global markets.

US stocks rebounded overnight as a spate of quarterly earnings reports and hints at the de-escalation of US-China trade tensions brought buyers in from the sidelines.

Forecast for Australian growth cut

The Australian share market is largely unchanged as gains by goldminers and the Commonwealth Bank offset broad losses.

US stocks suffered steep losses overnight as US president Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

Coalition's ad blitz

The Australian share market has made its first weekly gain since March, clawing back most of the losses forged from US trade war escalations.

US stocks ended sharply lower overnight.

Trump's tariff probe boosts local miners

Australian shares have edged slightly lower on Wednesday, but outperformed indexes in Asia and US futures with help from the financial sector.

US stocks finished slightly lower overnight.

Chemist Warehouse in landmark union case

Australian shares have posted a second straight day of gains for the first time since US 'Liberation Day' tariffs sparked weeks of market volatility.