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Wall Street's main stock indexes closed higher overnight, with the biggest boost from the healthcare sector.

ANZ expands cost-cutting focus to tech systems

Australia's share market has finished the day roughly flat, despite trade concerns for BHP weighing heavily on the raw materials sector.

Wall Street's three major indexes closed a choppy session higher overnight, marking quarterly and monthly gains - even as investors braced for a US government shutdown.

NRL boss warns against Nine and Foxtel team up

Australia's share market has handed back early gains after the Reserve Bank hinted investors might have to wait longer for the next reduction in borrowing costs.

Wall Street ticked higher overnight as technology stocks recovered.

Tax revenue surges to a 25-year high

Australia's share market has finished the week with a shrug, closing roughly where it began after a mining sector rally dug the bourse out of trouble elsewhere.

Fresh from attending the United Nations General Assembly, Anthony Albanese will receive a rockstar reception from progressive world leaders in the UK.

US stocks ended moderately lower overnight.

Shakeup for super schemes

Australia's share market has finished marginally higher after a choppy trading session, with a rally in miners digging the bourse out of trouble.

Financial services giant Macquarie will reimburse investors $321 million over a failed retirement scheme which magnified concerns over the sector's oversight.

US stocks closed lower for a second straight session as investors booked profits with indexes near record levels.

Bottlenecks stifle green investment

The local share market has suffered its worst drop in three weeks after a domestic inflation readout and cautious commentary from the US Federal Reserve dimmed hopes for quick interest rate cuts at home and abroad.

US stocks finished lower overnight, breaking a three-session string of record closing highs.

Tax hit warning as total SMSF pass the trillion mark

Australia's share market has posted three straight sessions of gains for the first time in more than a month, led by a rally in banks and miners.

All three major US stock indexes registered record closing highs overnight for a third straight session.

AI threatens emissions cut targets

Australia's share market has edged higher after a choppy trading session, riding out the storm as strong commodity prices supported a mining sector rally.

Australia is in a "very good position" on inflation but there are signs financial markets are being complacent about the geopolitical risks, the central bank boss says.

Peter Wilson-chaired Reece Limited has announced an off-market buy-back of the company's shares, in a bid to generate flexibility for further growth.

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher for the week.

Telcos face outage action

A late bounce for Australia's share market has not been enough to break September's pullback as the bourse notched a third-straight losing week.

Wall Street's main indexes posted record-high closes overnight - a day after the US Federal Reserve delivered a quarter-point interest rate cut.

Labor lays out ambitious goal

Australian shares have ended the day lower as Santos led a plunge in energy stocks after yet another suitor abandoned plans to buy the oil and gas giant.

The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 closed lower in choppy trading overnight.