Gold has risen one per cent after disappointing US data hit the greenback and dampened expectations that the Federal Reserve will hint at this week's policy meeting at an interest rate rise in coming months.
US stocks have finished mostly higher but Apple's sell-off left the Nasdaq in the red and NYSE-traded Twitter's unintentional early earnings release held back overall gains.
Crude oil prices have traded mixed amid reports that Iran had seized a cargo ship in Iranian territorial waters in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transit route.
Analysts are looking to the services sector to drive the next phase of economic growth, amid a slowdown in resources investment and the collapse of key commodity prices.
Western Australian farmers are twice as likely as other states to hire new staff this year, according to a report released by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Iron ore miner Mineral Resources is pressing ahead with plans for innovative ‘skyrail' and trans-shipping projects in the Pilbara, saying that together they can cut $25 per tonne off its operating costs.
BHP Billiton has committed $22 million towards influencing the perception of mathematics among girls and young women, in partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.
Shares in internet market target iiNet surged again today to a new intra-day high before closing at around $10 each in line with yesterday's formal bid from M2 Group.
A subsidiary of mining services business Ausdrill has received a contract offer from global miner Peabody Energy to supply equipment to its Australian coal assets.
Shares in local gold miners have dominated on the ASX today after the spot price for the precious metal jumped by over 2 per cent overnight to $US1,203.30 an ounce
Private investment group Silverleaf Investments has added to its retail portfolio, buying the Millstream Shopping Centre in South Perth for $13.6 million.
Perth-based health fund HBF has formed a partnership with online comparison service provider iSelect to distribute its suite of health insurance products outside of Western Australia.
The commercial construction sector is emerging as a bright spot amid all the doom and gloom in WA. Click through to see the special report, with details of Perth's biggest construction jobs.
People leaving the workforce now have got it much tougher than those who left a decade ago and will need to take a lot more risk in order to fund their retirement, the head of the Reserve Bank says.
