The local bourse was lower at midday as tensions flared between Iran and the United States while the Strait of Hormuz remained blockaded.
Derek Rose
Shares in Lynas Rare Earths have slipped despite the miner more than doubling sales in the past three months and revealing it is yet to feel the disruption of the global fuel shock.
Daniel Newell
Shares in the gold miner have only fallen slightly despite Burkina Faso’s junta declaring it will pay just $175 million for an extra 25 per cent stake in the company’s flagship mine.
Adrian Rauso
Rio Tinto is yet to feel the effects of a global oil crisis fuelled by war in the Middle East but concedes it does not know how the ongoing conflict will hit supply chains in the second half of this year.
US stocks have closed lower as investors monitored developments in the Middle East.
Chuck Mikolajczak and Purvi Agarwal
Australian shares barely moved despite oil prices surging 8 per cent, as US-Iran tensions escalated from the seizure of an Iranian vessel.
Cameron Micallef
Monash IVF has knocked back an improved takeover bid from a consortium comprising Genesis Capital and Soul Patts, saying the proposal undervalues the besieged reproductive healthcare company.
Cheyanne Enciso
Oil prices are up on rising tensions in the Middle East, as concerns over the US-Israel-Iran ceasefire grow.
Sophie Kiderlin
Australia’s attitude towards cash has changed, with fresh survey data revealing the nation’s stance on a cashless society.
Australian shares have started the week relatively flat despite tensions between the US and Iran rising two days before the expiry of their ceasefire.
Adrian Black
The disconnect between what the market is signalling and what is actually happening is increasingly shaping the global economy.
Evan Halper
Petrol supplies out of Viva Energy’s Geelong Refinery will be slashed up to 60 per cent over the short term, as it recovers from a huge fire on April 15.
Tom Richardson
Australian data center operator NEXTDC will undertake a $1.5 billion capital raising, boosting its coffers as demand for capacity at its facilities surges.
Ainslie Chandler
The energy company that owns and operates the Geelong refinery which went up in flames has returned to the ASX after four days of suspended trading.
Jack Nivison
US stocks have closed higher as investors cheered news that the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened to commercial vessels.
Sinéad Carew and Niket Nishant
Surging technology stocks have failed to lift the Australian sharemarket, as traders remain wary of Middle East peace talks.
AustralianSuper has officially become a substantial investor in Qantas after amassing shares as the Middle East conflict flared up, buying in earnest as the price dipped.
Rebecca Le May
Burkina Faso’s junta appears to have finally pulled the trigger on snatching a bigger slice of West African Resources’ newest gold mine.
Shares in buy now, pay later group Zip have soared after the company posted record quarterly earnings and lifted earnings guidance for the full year.
Banks, gold miners and retail stocks have weighed on the bourse, as focus shifts from headline risk to the lingering impacts of the Middle East oil price shock.
Alcoa’s operations in Australia were a drag on the US aluminium giant’s lacklustre first quarter results, with revenue plunging almost 8 per cent from the final three months of 2025.
US stocks closer higher as investors consider the impact of a batch of earnings reports and weigh the hope of peace in Iran.
Stronger than expected jobs data and a slowing Chinese housing market weighed on the ASX 200, even though technology stocks soared.
