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...
01 Sep, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
Melbourne extends sixth virus lockdownAlmost seven million people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state were scheduled to exit a four-week lockdown on Thursday, but state ...
30 Aug, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
Sydney imposes nightly curfew as Australia battles Delta outbreakAustralia's third wave of COVID-19 infections, centred on Sydney, has forced more than half the population of nearly 26 million into lockdo...
20 Aug, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
Sydney records deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extendedSydney, which is in its eighth week of lockdown, is the epicentre of Australia's third COVID-19 wave that threatens to push the country's A...
16 Aug, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
Australia shares end lower as Sydney extends lockdownThe worsening outbreak could lead to Australia's central bank delaying the tapering of its asset purchases from September to November, Lond...
28 Jul, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
Australia shares end lower as lockdown fears loom over MelbourneLocal media reported that Melbourne would follow Sydney into a lockdown, as the outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant threatens t...
15 Jul, 2021, 02.21 PM IST
ASX 200 shares end higher as Australia gold miners shineThe S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.31% to 7,354.7 points, with all sectors except buy-now, pay-later in the black. Lockdown in Sydney was extende...
14 Jul, 2021, 02.17 PM IST
ASX 200 shares end flat as Australian major banks weighAustralia reported a slight easing in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney on Tuesday, but the possibility of a lockdown extension still looms, wit...
13 Jul, 2021, 02.25 PM IST
Sydney to face prolonged COVID-19 lockdown amid record 2021 casesHundreds of extra police patrolled parts of Sydney to enforce the city's lockdown orders imposed to stamp out an outbreak of the highly inf...
09 Jul, 2021, 11.03 AM IST
ASX 200 shares propped up by Australian miners, tech stocks; virus worries weighThe S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.2% to 7,341.4 at the close of trade. During the session, the benchmark touched its highest level since June 18.
08 Jul, 2021, 01.51 PM IST
ASX 200 dips as Australia shares close at lowest level in 2 weeks on lockdown extension fearsThe S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.65 per cent to 7,265.6 points, closing at its lowest level in more than two weeks, with only gold miners makin...
01 Jul, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
New restrictions as coronavirus cases spread across AustraliaThe largest outbreak is in Sydney, where 130 people have tested positive for Covid-19 since a driver for an international flight crew was d...
28 Jun, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
Sydney extends Covid-19 lockdown to entire city: State govt"From 6pm today all of Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong will go into lockdown," said Gladys Berejiklian...
26 Jun, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
Oil tumbles 4% on concerns over Europe curbs, rolloutsBrent crude futures were down $2.56, or 4%, to $62.08 a barrel by 12:16 p.m. ET (1616 GMT), having hit a low of $61.41. West Texas Intermed...
24 Mar, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
Oil extends gains on hopes of US stimulus and crude stocks drawdownU.S. President-elect Joe Biden's Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen urged lawmakers on Tuesday to "act big" on pandemic relief spendin...
20 Jan, 2021, 08.42 AM IST
Australia shares end lower as rising Covid-19 cases stoke lockdown worriesThe central bank is likely to keep interest rates at a record lows at its meeting on Wednesday, having lifted restrictions across almost th...
22 Sep, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Australia shares end higher on tech surge, virus slowdown optimismThe country's second-most populous state of Victoria reported its smallest daily rise in fresh COVID-19 cases in seven weeks following stri...
24 Aug, 2020, 02.57 PM IST