Australia's share market is tracking towards a positive week, as resurgent bank stocks and an easing oil price outweigh soft results from the retail sector.
US stock indexes have closed higher after the US Federal Reserve left its key policy rate unchanged, as widely expected, shifting the probability of a rate hike to its next monetary policy meeting in December.
Australia's share market has overcome a shaky start for a second straight session, after renewed hope in the artificial intelligence trade buoyed copper miners.
Many small farming towns in Western Australia's regions struggle to attract sufficient private or government investment to deliver the amenities residents and visitors desire.
US stocks have closed higher with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq coming off consecutive weekly declines, as Anthropic's IPO filing helped boost sentiment in AI-related stocks in a week filled with a host of market catalysts.
Australia's share market has overcome an early drop to end the week's first session higher, buoyed by dip-buying in mining stocks and a lull in resurgent oil prices.
The Dow Industrials and S&P 500 have closed lower while technology shares steadied to end a turbulent week for the market-driving AI trade, and investors looked ahead to a busy slate of corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve interest rate policy meeting.
Australia's share market has snapped a three-week winning streak after surging oil prices and tremors in the artificial intelligence narrative hammered resource stocks.
US stocks have tumbled and the Nasdaq posted its steepest daily drop since early June as a batch of high-profile earnings reports ignited fresh fears about the AI spending race.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq has led Wall Street to a higher close after quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer improved investor appetite for artificial intelligence-related stocks, weakness in communications services stocks capped gains.
The Australian share market has crept higher, shaking off hawkish comments by a Reserve Bank official that gave fresh hints a Melbourne Cup Day rate hike is a real possibility.
The Dow has closed one per cent higher, outperforming the benchmark S&P 500 while the healthcare sector provided Wall Street's biggest boost and technology was its biggest drag.
The Australian share market has fallen, dragged down by the big banks and major miners amid a disappointing quarterly production update from BHP and major job cuts at NAB.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has led Wall Street gains as investors return to the chip sector and other AI-related stocks following last week's bruising selloff, while investors wait for key corporate earnings reports.
Australian shares have started the week on the front foot after shrugging off volatility in the artificial intelligence space, as a rebound in local banks continues.
A Greens senator being investigated over accusations about his conduct towards women says he is the victim of a years-long smear campaign coming from within his party.
Wall Street has closed sharply lower, with CoreWeave, Broadcom and other AI-related technology stocks under renewed pressure, while a jump in oil prices spooked traders heading into the weekend.
The S&P 500 has closed higher, springing back from early losses as investors concerned about AI stocks shifted into Eli Lilly, UnitedHealth and other healthcare and consumer stocks.
Australia's share market has trimmed most of its early losses after weaker-than-expected jobs data gave the Reserve Bank reason to think twice before its next interest hike.