Gold has ended lower, but futures pared earlier losses as weaker US economic data helped offset pressure from investors looking to lock in recent gains.
US stocks have suffered hefty losses as the partial government shutdown dragged through a third day and worries climbed that the budget battle could escalate into a debt default.
The Brian Gilberston-led Jupiter Mines plans to seek a delisting of its shares from the Australian Securities Exchange, after its major shareholder lifted its stake in the business.
The past year has been tough for listed WA companies looking to raise funds but a lift in activity during the past three months has the industry cautiously optimistic.
The sale of 16 private businesses worth an estimated $500 million helped to sustain activity in what was otherwise a depressed market for mergers and acquisitions in the September quarter in Western Australia.
The institutional buy-up of Western Australia’s shopping centres continued this week when one of Australia’s best performing sub-regional centres, Bunbury Forum, was sold for $143 million to Challenger Life.
Strength in resources and banking stocks has pushed the Australian share market higher despite the continuation of a US Congressional stand-off over budget negotiations.
The resources boom is not over and the sector is entering a new export growth phase that will deliver Australia "serious money", Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane says.
The extensive and expensive measures taken to keep Perth bus passengers safe from potential injury in another dangerous fire have been revealed for the first time.
Seven West Media has promoted the head of its magazines division to chief operating officer as it looks to increase its revenue from new technologies and content.
Western Australia's peak farming lobby says the looming closure of two Tier 3 rail lines in the Wheatbelt will force thousands of trucks onto unsafe roads.
CHARITY group Dine for Life, which raises money from diners for a range social and humanitarian causes, is taking its Perth fund-raising expertise to the eastern states.
West Perth-based financial planning firm Chambers Investment Planners has had its financial services licence cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after entering voluntary administration.
Norton Gold Fields has cashed in on the state government's new mining rehabilitation fund scheme, securing $21.8 million in environmental bond refunds to date.
Gold miner Ramelius Resources has made its first $5 million payment to acquire Goldfields' Vivien gold project in Western Australia and has also achieved record production at its Mt Magnet project.
BHP Billiton has withdrawn from a farm-in agreement with St George Mining over nickel rights attached to the East Laverton project just months after agreeing to proceed with the deal.
US stocks have fallen as the reality of the government shutdown depressed markets and raised concerns about the possibility of a US debt default due to political gridlock.
The Australian dollar is higher with the greenback falling against most currencies as it looks like the American government shutdown will continue for a few more days.
Oil prices rallied Wednesday, despite a larger-than-expected jump in US crude stockpiles, on news that TransCanada's southern leg of its Keystone pipeline is near completion.
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