Australia’s sharemarket begins week on a high: S&P/ASX 200 closes up 0.48%; check top gainers and losers and which were the best-performing sectorsAustralian shares started the week strong on Monday, January 12, 2026. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose, boosted by gains in financials, consumer...
S&P/ASX 200 finishes slightly higher as Materials and Energy lift the Australian stock market; James Hardie leads gains, Catalyst Metals tops losersThe S&P/ASX 200 index saw a modest rise on Thursday, December 11, climbing 12.60 points to 8,592.00. This uptick pushed the benchmark above...
Australian Stock Market closes lower: S&P/ASX 200 dips, other key indices also fall, Austal Limited gains, Bapcor falls sharply; check top gainers and losersThe Australian stock market (ASX) closed lower on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, with the ASX 200 dropping 0.45% to 8,585.90, falling below its...
ASX closes day on positive side: Light & Wonder, Amcor among top gainers, James Hardie tops losers list; check top 5 gainers and losersThe ASX finished Thursday, November 6, 2025, on a high note. The S&P/ASX 200 index saw a gain of 0.30%. Major indices like the S&P/ASX 20, ...
Australia shares end higher on strong Chinese dataIndustrial output and retail sales in China, Australia's top trading partner, grew at a surprisingly faster pace in October and beat expect...
Australian shares end at 2-week low as BHP tumbles on ex-div tradeBHP Group, the world's biggest miner, was the top loser on the benchmark with a near 7% tumble, as it traded ex-dividend. It had declared a...
Australia shares trim losses on better-than-expected GDP dataThe S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.1% lower at 7,527.1, recovering from a 1% drop earlier in the session, after data showed that Australia's se...
Tech, healthcare help Australia shares notch 2-week closing highAustralian stocks took cues from solid current account data and an upbeat New York session overnight, Jeffrey Halley, a market analyst at O...
Novartis signs $50 million deal for Mesoblast cell therapy for COVID and beyondThe Swiss drugmaker's deal with Australia-based Mesoblast secures rights to develop, commercialize and manufacture Remestemcel-L for treati...
Australia shares snap four-day rally as virus outbreaks weighThe resurgence of the virus globally comes just as travel restrictions are gradually being eased, and it is likely to dampen prospects of a...
Australia shares rise on lift from financial, energy stocksWall Street gained overnight as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed hopes of clearing the coronavirus relief package this week, bring...
Australian shares end over 1% lower after Trump tests positive"The Trump COVID-19 diagnosis is a strong negative for financial markets and will lead to a rotation into defensive positioning," said Jeff...
Australia shares post 3-week closing highs on banks, iron ore minersLeading the charge, financials rose more than 1%, with the 'big four' banks climbing in a range of 1% to 2.7%.
Australia shares end higher but posts first weekly loss in AprilThe benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.5 per cent higher at 5,242.6. For the week, it shed 4.5 per cent.
Indian biotech firm Stempeutics Research gets China Patent for its novel stem cell drugStempeutics' stem cell-based drugs enable living tissues to repair or replace tissue or organ function lost due to age, disease, damage or ...