Stocks rose Monday to kick off the final trading week of August, with Wall Street looking to regain ground amid a month of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 213.08 points, or 0.62 per cent, to close at 34,559.98. The S&P 500 climbed 0.63 per cent to 4,433.31, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.84 […]
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The lack of an explanation for the surprise departure of Fiona Hick, Fortescue Metal’s iron ore CEO, overshadowed the annual results from the world’s number four iron ore group yesterday and saw $3 billion wiped off the company’s value at one stage. Ms. Hick resigned after less than six months in the role and there
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Ramelius Resources (ASX:RMS), amidst a robust performance in the fiscal year 2022-23 despite industry-wide cost pressures, has increased its annual dividend to 2 cents per share. The move is expected to attract more acceptances from shareholders in Musgrave Minerals, the subject of a takeover bid by Ramelius. The Western Australia-focused mining company extracted approximately 241,000
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Appen’s (ASX:APX) shares experienced a significant 29% drop until 1pm yesterday as the company unveiled a set of interim results marked by substantial losses and declining growth, triggering investor concern. Facing an impending six-month period of challenges and limited gains, the company foresees further cost reductions and potential job cuts to counteract the ongoing revenue
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Retail sales in the 2023-24 fiscal year commenced on a robust note, with sales showing a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.5%, as revealed by preliminary data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Monday. This surge followed a significant 0.8% decline in June, which had come on the heels of a sales-induced rise of 0.8%
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The Australian dollar rebounded from a nine-month low on Monday, climbing to US64.27¢. This rise followed a week of flat performance, breaking a streak of five consecutive weeks of losses. The currency had previously hit its low point of US63.63¢ in mid-August due to China’s weakening economic prospects and the interest rate gap between the
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In July, there was a 0.5 percent increase in Australian retail sales, surpassing the anticipated 0.3 percent rise and recovering from an unexpected decline the previous month. This growth in July contrasts with a 0.8 percent decrease in June 2023 and a corresponding 0.8 percent expansion in May 2023. Ben Dorber, the ABS head of
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Dr Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist at AMP, discusses developments in investment markets over the past week, economic activity trackers, major global economic events and Australian economic events. Investment markets and key developments over the past week After three weeks of falls, global share markets managed
Tamboran Resources (ASX:TBN) has signed two non-binding Letters of Intent with Alinta Energy and ENGIE. Managing Director and CEO, Joel Riddle, said: “We continue to experience significant interest in purchasing low-reservoir CO2 gas from our Beetaloo Basin assets delivered into the East Coast over the long term.” Shares are trading 3.7 per cent higher at
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The annual results for the fiscal year 2022-23 shed light on can and bottle maker Orora’s strategic move to dive deeper into the US markets, echoing the path taken by its former parent company, Amcor. Similar to Amcor’s transformative acquisition of US competitor Bemis for $9.2 billion, Orora is charting a similar course for its
