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Miners launch Aussie shares to fourth session of gains

Miners launch Aussie shares to fourth session of gains

The raw materials sector has posted three fresh records in as many days, with surging precious and industrial metals prices lifting the bourse.

Wall Street ends lower, led by drop in Nasdaq

Wall Street ends lower, led by drop in Nasdaq

Wall Street ends lower, led by drop in Nasdaq

Wall Street ends lower, led by drop in Nasdaq

The S&P 500 lost 37.14 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 6,926.60 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 238.12 points, or 1.00 per cent, to 23,471.75.

Aussie shares creep higher as miners rally, banks drop

Aussie shares creep higher as miners rally, banks drop

Aussie shares creep higher as miners rally, banks drop

Aussie shares creep higher as miners rally, banks drop

The raw materials segment has notched two record highs in as many sessions as geopolitical worries and scarcity drive up precious and industrial metals prices.

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Bourse clocks best session of new year as miners charge

Bourse clocks best session of new year as miners charge

Australia's raw materials segment has led the broader market higher, as economically and strategically important metals continue to catch a bid.

Australian shares gain ground in mixed trading session

Australian shares gain ground in mixed trading session

The ASX200 finished up half a per cent, with goldminers gaining as the metal surged to a new record, while insurance companies fell amid bushfires in Victoria.

Australian shares finish flat ahead of US jobs report

Australian shares finish flat ahead of US jobs report

The local market finished unchanged as traders waited for the first complete jobs report from the United States since the government shutdown.

Australian shares edge higher as miners take a breather

Australian shares edge higher as miners take a breather

Strength in Australia's IT, retail and health care sectors has pushed the local bourse higher, helping it claw back some of the week's losses.

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Aussie shares edge higher as banks, energy stocks fade

Aussie shares edge higher as banks, energy stocks fade

Aussie shares edge higher as banks, energy stocks fade

Aussie shares edge higher as banks, energy stocks fade

The local bourse has lifted on the back of strong commodity prices, but weakness in the heavyweight financials sector and energy stocks has capped the upside.

Banks lead Australian shares lower but miners lift

Banks lead Australian shares lower but miners lift

Banks lead Australian shares lower but miners lift

Banks lead Australian shares lower but miners lift

A rally in raw materials stocks hasn't been enough to buoy the bourse, with five of 11 local sectors recording significant losses.

Aussie shares flat as oil swings on US-Venezuela coup

Aussie shares flat as oil swings on US-Venezuela coup

Aussie shares flat as oil swings on US-Venezuela coup

Aussie shares flat as oil swings on US-Venezuela coup

The raw materials sector has outweighed broader weakness to ballast the bourse, despite oil stocks slipping after the US captured Venezuela's president.

Aussie dollar set for lift but Trump coin toss remains

Aussie dollar set for lift but Trump coin toss remains

Aussie dollar set for lift but Trump coin toss remains

Aussie dollar set for lift but Trump coin toss remains

Global tailwinds and relative interest rates are supporting the Australian dollar but trade uncertainty means a cheap overseas holiday is anything but certain.

Be warned: big tech elitism beyond dot-com bubble peak

Be warned: big tech elitism beyond dot-com bubble peak

Be warned: big tech elitism beyond dot-com bubble peak

Be warned: big tech elitism beyond dot-com bubble peak

Hype around artificial intelligence fuelled most of 2025's market rally but circular investment deals and speculative returns could pose future risks.

Australian shares up slightly in first session of 2026

Australian shares up slightly in first session of 2026

Australian shares up slightly in first session of 2026

Australian shares up slightly in first session of 2026

The energy sector was the biggest mover on the ASX amid strong gains for uranium producers, while goldminer Northern Star plunged on a production update.

Aussie shares near flat in dull end to 2025's wild ride

Aussie shares near flat in dull end to 2025's wild ride

Aussie shares near flat in dull end to 2025's wild ride

Aussie shares near flat in dull end to 2025's wild ride

Strength in materials and energy stocks have capped the bourse's losses in the last trading session of the year, in a quiet finish to a turbulent 12 months.

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Australian shares creep lower as miners sell off

The bourse has declined for a third straight consecutive, the second-last of 2025, as precious metal profit-taking dragged on the raw materials sector.

US stocks lower as tech shares drop ahead of New Year

Wall Street stocks slipped while crude oil prices rose and gold and silver prices pulled back after recent sharp gains.

Australian shares slip as energy, IT stocks fall

Energy and IT stocks have led the bourse lower in 2025's third-last trading session, anchored by weakness in the heavyweight financials and materials sectors.

Shares slip as Aussie dollar soars to 14-month high

The year's fourth-last trading session has offered little to celebrate, a modest uptick in mining stocks the only bit of good news as other sectors retreated.

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Christmas bonus as Aussie shares soar to six-week high

Hopes of a much-anticipated Santa rally are beginning to crystallise, after the local bourse hit its highest price in six weeks and gold notched a record.

Shares clock third day of gains as gold smashes record

Gold producers have led a rally in mining stocks as gold, silver, copper and the materials sector itself traded at their highest values.

Shares snap three-week win streak despite final sprint

Australian shares have showed no signs of a Santa rally despite gaining in Friday trade but losing for the week as energy stocks plunged.

Shares finish flat as energy stocks continue to drift

The local bourse has ended the session roughly flat as it closes in on 2025's last full week of trading, weighed down by heavy energy and utilities stocks.

Aussie shares fade for third day, gold stocks rally

The local market continues to sell-off in 2025's last full week of trading, as investors with dwindling reasons to celebrate turn to the safe haven of gold.

Aussie shares slip as miners, energy stocks tumble

Weakness in energy, mining and technology stocks have weighed on the Australian market, turning a modest lift to a clear loss by the close.

Aussie shares dip, miners tumble on grim China data

Weakness in iron ore, gold and copper miners has weighed on the local bourse, wiping most of the sector's previous week of gains in a single session.

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