Global Markets | Australia shares fall as CBA plunges 10% on earnings miss, housing tax changesThe budget proposed restricting negative gearing to newly built homes and replacing the 50% capital gains tax discount with inflation inde...
13 May, 2026, 02.09 PM IST
Global Markets | Australian shares slip as renewed Middle East tensions curb risk appetiteAustralian shares tumbled 1.5% on Friday, erasing recent gains as escalating Middle East tensions between the US and Iran rattled investor ...
08 May, 2026, 12.54 PM IST
S&P/ASX 200 closes on a high as miner BHP boosts Australian shares, banks remain flat; check top gainers, losers and best-performing sectorsThe Australian sharemarket saw gains on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. BHP, the world's largest listed miner, reached a record high after repo...
17 Feb, 2026, 12.56 PM IST
Australian shares end stellar week at record high on earnings, rate-cut boostAustralian shares closed at an all-time high on Friday, capping a week that delivered multiple record peaks after a central bank rate cut a...
15 Aug, 2025, 01.01 PM IST
Australia shares log best week in six as BHP hits record highThe Australian state of Victoria was ordered into a five-day lockdown on Thursday following a spike in COVID-19 infections, joining Sydney ...
16 Jul, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
ASX 200 leaps over 1%; miners help Australian shares notch record closing highsThe S&P/ASX 200 index climbed 1.3 per cent to 7,172.8, rising to pre-pandemic levels, with index heavyweights BHP Group and Rio Tinto scali...
10 May, 2021, 03.10 PM IST
Australia shares slip as gold miners weigh, BHP hits record highThe S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.5 per cent to 6,885.2 points at the close of trade, following gains in the last two sessions, and slipped from...
17 Feb, 2021, 11.48 AM IST
BHP's half yearly results drive Australia shares to one-year highThe S&P/ASX 200 index gained 0.7 per cent to finish at 6,917.3 points. The benchmark rose 0.9 per cent on Monday.
16 Feb, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Australia shares close year of historic highs and lows little changedOn Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 index ended 1.4% lower at 6,587.1, capping off a year of record highs and historic lows just 1.5% below where ...
31 Dec, 2020, 02.13 PM IST
- BHP pulls out Rio bid as commodities crash
BHP Billiton abandoned its year-long pursuit of Rio Tinto Group, blaming the rout in commodities prices and the credit-market squeeze for d...
26 Nov, 2008, 01.37 AM IST
- BHP Billiton net soars to record $15 bn
The world’s biggest miner BHP Billiton announced record annual net profits of $15.39 billion, driven by soaring commodity prices and strong...
19 Aug, 2008, 01.55 AM IST
- BHP Billiton posts record $15.4 bn profit
The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton on Monday announced record annual net profits of $15.39 billion (10.46 billion euros), driven by soa...
18 Aug, 2008, 07.03 PM IST
- Rio Tinto sells uranium mine for 495 million dollars
Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its Kintyre uranium mine project in western Australia for 495 milli...
10 Jul, 2008, 04.49 PM IST
- BHP Billiton chief blasts Rio as iron ore production hits record
BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers launched a scathing attack on takeover target Rio Tinto.
23 Apr, 2008, 10.31 AM IST
- BHP ups bid, but Rio investors unfazed
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, raised its hostile bid for Rio Tinto Group to $147.4 billion after China’s biggest alumin...
07 Feb, 2008, 02.26 AM IST
- BHP posts record $11bn profit
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest miner, has posted a record annual net profit of $10.5bn and delivered an upbeat outlook amid unprecedente...
24 Aug, 2006, 12.02 AM IST
- BHP shuts biggest copper mine
Copper prices bounced back in London on Friday after the world’s largest copper mine, BHP Billiton, said it was shutting as talks with stri...
19 Aug, 2006, 01.37 AM IST