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The Australian share market has opened higher, mirroring a rally on Wall Street overnight.

CSIRO hypes hydrogen as a game-changer

Gold steadied below a three-month peak on Tuesday on news China was open to negotiating its trade dispute with the United States, while rising expectations the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates provided underlying support.

Oil prices ended as much as one per cent higher overnight after a global stock market rally pulled Brent crude from a four-month low touched earlier in the session.

Perth-based fund manager Lester Group has bought two off market industrial properties in Forrestfield and Bibra Lake, for a combined $19.15 million.

The Reserve Bank's decision to cut rates has lifted the Australian share market following Monday's 76-point loss.

A Willetton-based nominee company associated with contractor Pascoe's Gas, Water & Electrical has been hit with an increased fine after refusing to provide documents to the state government, which is trying to clarify the precise links between the two entities.

BGC Australia has appointed international building industry veteran Daniel Cooper as its new chief executive, with Alan Tate to transition back to the role of chief financial officer after several months at the helm of the construction and contracting giant.

Two new German supermarket businesses covering the top and bottom ends of the market are expected in Australia next year.

Machine learning is being used to develop a range of medical research advancements in WA, with diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder one example.

Western Australia’s largest wine producer has increased its dominance of the sector in a year when many producers were affected by extreme weather events.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to 1.25 per cent, a day after CoreLogic data revealed Perth house prices continue to fall more sharply than other state capitals.

Titan Minerals has raised $20 million via a share placement, as the Subiaco-based junior seeks to complete its acquisition of Canada-based Core Gold and advance Core's Dynasty Goldfield project in Ecuador.

Telstra will reduce the number of contractors it employees by about 10,000 over the next two years as it tries to cut costs, chief executive Andrew Penn says.

Uranium explorer Deep Yellow and Rare earths hopeful Pensana Metals have raised $9 million and $5 million, respectively, as the two companies seek to advance their projects in Africa.

The collective success of WA’s professional sporting teams is currently the envy of the nation, but it is the collective influence of the state’s peak clubs on the health and wellbeing of communities that is perhaps their greatest achievement.

Western Australians are putting their bodies on the line to provide vital funds for some of the state’s most active medical charities and research organisations.

WA’s government health promotion agency, Healthway, is poised to deliver more positive outcomes in the community following its 2018 merger with Lotterywest.

Billions have been invested to ensure WA remains at the forefront of medical innovation and discovery.

Home to some of Australia’s most heralded and important research foundations, WA’s relative isolation has done little to dampen the medical research sector’s inspiration for innovation. Here are some of the leading lights dedicated to making the state, and the world, a healthier place to live.

Shares in NRW Holdings have fallen by as much as 13.5 per cent today, following a revision in its forecast for the second half of this financial year after Gascoyne Resources entered administration on Sunday.

The US Transportation Department says it has granted tentative approval to American Airlines Group and Qantas Airways to operate a joint venture, after a prior effort was rejected by the US government in 2016.

The Australian share market has opened higher ahead of the Reserve Bank's monthly board meeting, boosted by strong early gains by the major miners.

Gascoyne in administration

Gold climbed more than 1.5 per cent overnight to its highest level in more than three months on concerns that US-Chinese trade tensions and the US threat of tariffs on Mexico would hurt the global economy.

Oil fell overnight as US trade disputes with Mexico and China deepened concerns about weakening global crude demand, while a slump in equities also weighed on crude futures.

Family Insights Group has raised $422,112 through a placement at 0.1 cents a share. Riversgold has raised $218,000 through a placement at 2.2 cents a share. 

More than 1,300 people attended a National Reconciliation Week breakfast this morning in Perth and heard newly installed minister Ken Wyatt deliver a positive message about progress to date and urge optimism and trust for the future.

The Australian share market has closed flat but finished May up a percentage point during a month when other markets around the world lost ground.

Finbar Group has lowered its profit guidance by up to $5 million for this financial year, following delays at its Vue and Palmyra Apartments Estate projects.

No company exemplifies the power of play more than LEGO, although perhaps for reasons not immediately obvious.

Lepidico has raised $10.8 million via a rights issue, with the funds to go towards its lithium hydroxide production product.