Australian shares have opened higher, mirroring an overnight recovery on Wall Street after the heavyweight mining sector was helped by improved copper and iron ore prices.
Oil futures rose more than one per cent on signs that OPEC would not be prepared to raise output to address shrinking supplies from Iran, and as Saudi Arabia signaled an informal target near current levels.
The Australian share market is on course for its second worst month of 2018 after the Trump administration announced additional trade tariffs on China.
Property developer Carmel Group and Aegis Aged Care Group have been chosen to build a $100 million multigenerational development at the former Joondalup Basketball Stadium.
The state government has announced Janet Holmes a Court will replace Sam Walsh as chair of the Art Gallery of WA, amidst uncertainty around the future of chief executive Stefano Carboni.
Shares in 3D printing firm Aurora Labs were up nearly 30 per cent today after the company said it had printed complex parts well above market average speeds using its large format technology.
Kalium Lakes has released a bankable feasibility study for its Beyondie sulphate of potash (SOP) project in the Pilbara, which the company says has compelling technical and economic outcomes.
A $100,000 reward is being offered by the state government for information that leads to the conviction of anyone involved in contaminating strawberries with sewing needles in Western Australia.
Wesfarmers' new technology agribusiness, Decipher, has appointed its first chief executive, after recruiting Anthony Walker from international geospatial services company AAM.
Kathmandu is rewarding staff after the outdoor equipment retailer's full-year profit surged almost a third to $NZ50.5 million ($46.3 million) thanks to a big jump in Australian sales.
US stocks have fallen, led by declines in technology and consumer discretionary stocks as investors looked to President Donald Trump's announcement regarding tariffs on $US200 billion of Chinese imports.
Oil prices were little changed as the market weighed deepening trade tension between the US and China that is expected to dent global crude demand and potential supply tightening due to Iran sanctions.
A softer dollar and short-covering has lifted gold after two sessions of declines, but investors braced for more US-China trade tensions, with some buying bullion as a safe haven.
The Takeovers Panel has made a finding of unacceptable circumstances against ASX-listed Tribune Resources, which is led by managing director Anthony Billis.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state's gold industry is planning to invest more than $1 billion in exploration and development to sustain continued modest growth in production.
SPECIAL REPORT: WA's 30 gold miners achieved a small increase in aggregate output last year with the state's biggest producer, Newmont Mining, making up about a sixth of this at 1.1m ounces, research by Business News has found.
Strawberry tampering did not happen in Western Australia despite the discovery of sewing needles secreted inside a punnet grown in the state and exported to South Australia, according to Health Minister Roger Cook.
