Surging oil prices and above target inflation growth have given the Reserve Bank a difficult decision to make, but it won’t help household budgets.
Cameron Micallef
US stocks have closed higher, buoyed by a rebound in technology firms' shares, while oil prices retreated amid uncertainty about the Middle East conflict.
Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian
South32 has packed up from its Mozambique aluminium operations not a day later than promised, following six years of failed energy supply negotiations with the republic’s government.
Simone Grogan
Rising oil prices and fears of back-to-back interest rate hikes have pushed Australia’s sharemarket to its lowest point in three months.
A Malcolm McCusker-backed West Perth junior digging for nickel in Brazil has landed an offtake deal with Glencore.
Guzman y Gomez co-chief executive Hilton Brett will cut his workload as he prepares for a kidney transplant later this year, leaving a question mark over the company’s leadership in Australia.
Cheyanne Enciso
The share price of Lynas Rare Earths is set to continue its stunning advance after the miner announced a looming $US96 million ($137.4m) deal with the US Department of War.
Daniel Newell
Australian shares have fallen at the start of a busy week of global central bank rate decisions, with the Reserve Bank expected to be the only one to hike.
Derek Rose
The gold miner has called it a day in one of the world’s most dangerous countries by selling a majority stake in the Meyas Sand project.
Adrian Rauso
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 119.38 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 46,558.47. The S&P 500 lost 40.43 points, or 0.61 per cent, to 6,632.19.
Stephen Culp and Johann M Cherian
Q+A: Investing or trading? They sound like the same thing but there is a key difference, with one of them likened to gambling. So which apps are best to use when you’re trying to build your wealth?
Nick Bruining
Uncertainty about interest rates and higher fuel bills has left strategists cautious about buying shares, despite big falls.
Tom Richardson
Australian shares fell during Friday’s trading as oil price fears overshadowed strong gains from one of the market’s largest sectors.
Investors have lost confidence in BHP’s ability to emerge victorious from an iron ore trade dispute with China after key products were added to a growing ban list.
Australia’s coffers could gain $190bn in a decade by making a simple tax change during the “worst housing crisis in living memory”.
Cameron Micallef and Ria Pandey
European stocks face their biggest two-week drop in a year and US futures hint at more falls amid worry over oil prices and inflation risks due to the Iran war.
Lucy Raitano and Ankur Banerjee
Jack Cowin’s revamp of Domino’s hinged on reversing the Australian pizza chain’s addiction to discounts, vouchers and multibuy deals. Now a war in Iran threatens to up-end his progress.
Angus Whitley
Northern Star Resources shares have been hammered and its vulnerability to a takeover called into question, as the gold miner’s 37-year old Super Pit mill buckles again while holding out for a replacement.
Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell
The Middle East war continues to wreak havoc on equities as surging oil prices hammer global growth hopes and light a match under inflation expectations.
Adrian Black
Millions of Australians are being “shortchanged” on tax, leaders have warned, while one state booms.
Nathan Schmidt
US stocks have ended sharply lower as oil prices surged on news of Iranian attacks on oil tankers, stoking inflation concerns and sending investors running.
Traders wiped $40bn from the local market on Thursday, off the back of surging oil prices and fears of a potential rate hike.
Investor nerves over just how long the US-Israeli war with Iran will last and growing fears over global oil supply is driving the Australian share market back deep into the red.
