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The ASX followed the negative lead of US and European markets, with Afterpay and CSL proving major drags.The Australian sharemarket followed US and European markets lower, with tech and healthcare stocks weighing most on the local…

The ASX finished in the red for the fourth straight day with losses across the board, but miners were the ‘conspicuous’ exception.The Australian sharemarket pulled back for a fourth straight day as energy stocks slumped and some bank stocks…

The ASX ended the week firmly in the green amid rising bullish sentiment and clearer signals from central banks.The Australian sharemarket ended the week in the green, with experts saying “bullish sentiment” is rising, while central banks…

Joe Biden has been mocked for arriving at the global warming conference in Glasgow in an enormous 20-car motorcade.Joe Biden has been mocked for arriving at the global warming conference in Glasgow in an enormous motorcade.Social media…

The assets BHP is offloading were the standout in its latest production report, while its cash cow iron ore operations were hit by pandemic-related labour shortages.The standout performer in BHP’s latest quarterly results was ironically a…

As winter approaches, the skyrocketing price of oil, gas and coal has left governments across Asia scrambling to contain a huge energy crisis. Suppliers have been unable to keep up with surging electricity demand from the reopening of…

European Union leaders are meeting for the first time since the messy Western troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and France‘s loss of a multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Australia, events that they argue have exposed…

The ASX has fallen in line with overseas markets to close firmly lower, with technology stocks among the biggest losers.The Australian sharemarket slumped in a choppy session amid heavy falls on Asian markets and after a negative overnight…

The ASX followed Wall Street and other markets downward as a heady brew of unsettling economic news weighed on investors.The Australian sharemarket fell heavily but not as hard as Wall Street, where a heady brew of economic factors weighed…