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Australian shares slipped in subdued trading on Monday, as US-China trade tensions kept investors wary and the Aussie dollar came under renewed pressure from local retail data.
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Education technology company Schrole Group has signed a sales agreement with US-based not for profit International School Service (ISS) for the next five years.
Great Southern Mining has received commitments from sophisticated investors for the placement of 34 million shares at an issue price of $0.0375 a share to raise approximately $1.275 million.
GWR Group has struck a deal to sell its Hatches Creek tungsten project in the Northern Territory to West Perth-based Tungsten Mining for $8.7 million cash.
Perth-based company director Peter Hepburn-Brown, who was on the board of three listed mining companies, has passed away following a period of ill-health.
Struggling gold producer Eastern Goldfields has suspended all mining operations, with the company confirming that nearly 40 employees have been made redundant.
Beacon Minerals has raised $18 million via a debenture issue, with the proceeds expected to bring the company’s Jaurdi gold project into production next year.
ASX-listed Vicinity Centres has announced it will invest about $20 million across three Perth shopping centres as part of the second stage of its national solar power project.
Perth house prices have fallen for a fourth straight month, after registering a 0.6 per cent decline in August, according to the latest data from CoreLogic.
Australian shares have opened slightly higher despite the lack of a clear lead from Wall Street, with the health care and consumer staples sectors leading the way.
Oil prices have slipped, pressured by renewed concerns that a global trade war could dent energy demand, although impending US sanctions on Iran and falling Venezuelan output limited the decline.
The S&P 500 ended flat on Friday while the Dow edged down and the Nasdaq closed higher in light trading as Canada and the US concluded trade talks without resolution ahead of the Labor Day weekend.
The Australian share market has closed lower on the last major day of the profit reporting season, dragged down by the telecommunications sector as well as the miners after a dip in iron ore prices.
Graphite aspirant Triton Minerals has tapped investors for $4 million, led by major shareholder Shandong Tianye Mining, as the company progresses its Ancuabe project in Mozambique.
A boost in resources contracts has driven engineering firm Primero Group to a $5.2 million profit for the 2018 financial year, with the company forecasting a further increase in revenue next year.
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Harvey Norman's full-year profit has slumped 16.4 per cent to $375.4 million due to property revaluations and the furniture and electrical goods retailer's failed dairy farming investment.
Welshpool-based MACA has secured a $700 million mining services contract at Carabella Resources’ Bluff coal project in Queensland for the next 10 years.
Australian shares have opened lower after falls on Wall Street overnight, with the materials sector weighing on the market following a dip in iron ore prices.
