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The local share market has handed back the previous session's gains with interest, after stock-specific shocks and mining sector selling weighed on sentiment.

US Stocks climbed to more records overnight ahead of a week packed with potentially market-moving events for Wall Street.

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Australia's share market has started the week higher after reports of China and the US being on the verge of a trade deal.

Officials from the United States and China are working on a potential deal to pause steeper tariffs and rare earths export controls ahead of a leaders' meeting.

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Australia's share market has limped to the finish line in an almost flat session but held onto some of the week's gains that took it to all-time highs.

Wall Street advanced overnight as investors mulled a mixed batch of corporate earnings and shifting geopolitical concerns.

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Australia's share market has pared early losses to edge slightly higher, as a strong energy sector and a mining rebound kept the market above water.

Wall Street closed lower overnight as a wave of mixed earnings, including Netflix's disappointing results, dampened risk sentiment

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Australia's share market has handed back the previous day's record-breaking gains with interest, after plunging gold prices prompted a mining sector sell-off.

Gold's interstellar run has spectacularly fallen back to earth in its biggest daily price drop since 2013, as a mining sector pullback drags on the bourse.

US stocks have closed mixed overnight with the Dow out front, as a string of solid earnings lured investors to industrials and capital goods

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A mining sector rally has pushed the local share market to record highs, as gold continued to soar and a US-Australia critical minerals deal bolstered local rare earths producers.

US stocks jumped overnight, with finance and technology shares providing much of the upside muscle.

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Australia's share market has finished higher after a weak start, with a late rally for the banks counterbalancing a mining sector slump.

A US review of the AUKUS security pact is still yet to be finalised, but there is optimism within Labor of the Trump administration keeping the agreement.

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Wall Street's main indexes inched higher to end the week.

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Australia's share market has failed to hang on to record-breaking gains after worries about US financial stability and an ongoing trade stoush sent investors towards safe havens.

Wall Street closed lower overnight, with signs of weakness in regional banks spooking investors already on edge over US-China trade tensions.

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Australia's share market has pipped its intraday record and highest-ever close, after surprise jobs figures bolstered the likelihood of an interest rate cut.

Australia is being called upon to join the United States in the global fight against China for critical minerals dominance.

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher overnight with Morgan Stanley and Bank of America rallying after solid quarterly results.

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Strong performances from banks and miners have helped lift Australia's stock market to a second-straight session of gains, as gold hit yet another record high.