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Markets weaker as UK energy prices cause chaos

22 Aug 2022 - US equities closed lower in very quiet Friday trading, ending just off the worst levels. UK retail sales unexpectedly improved in July, though UK consumer confidence …

ASX up on the day: Coal mining stocks leading the charge

19 Aug 2022 - At noon, the S&P/ASX 200 is 0.07 per cent or 5.30 points higher at 7118.10. Coal mining stocks on the move again. The best-performing sector is Energy, up 4.14 per ce…

US markets stronger on energy: US housing market resilient

19 Aug 2022 - US equities finished higher in uneventful Thursday trading, though off best levels. More data released Thursday provided clues into the state of both the jobs and hou…

ASX closes down, but well off morning lows

18 Aug 2022 - Asia-Pacific markets are lower across the board after the latest Wall Street rally cooled overnight and July minutes from the US Federal Open Market Committee pointed…

ASX weaker in early trading, following a softer Wall street overnight: Aus shares down 0.4% at noon

18 Aug 2022 - Australian employment shrank 40.9K in July against expectations for a 25.0K increase and June's 88.4K increase. This marked the first contraction in jobs since Octobe…

US equities finished lower as investors focus on retail earnings

18 Aug 2022 - Stocks fell as the rally that has pushed prices higher since mid-June appeared to lose steam. Traders also assessed the latest retail data and minutes from the Federa…

ASX recovers from early weakness: Aus shares close 0.3% higher

17 Aug 2022 - Quarterly growth in the Australian wage price index was unchanged in Q2 against expectations for a rise. On a year on year basis, wage growth was also smaller than ex…

ASX edges lower in morning trading: Aus shares down 0.08% at noon

17 Aug 2022 - In an economic symposium, Premier Li Keqiang called on a group of major provinces for more efforts to shore up support for their respective economies. Li highlighted …

US retailers push market higher: BHP rallies overnight

17 Aug 2022 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied on Tuesday, rising for a fifth day as earnings results from Walmart and Home Depot showed consumer spending could remain stro…

ASX closes in the green, helped by BHP earnings and RBA minutes

16 Aug 2022 - In an uneventful session, after opening stronger the market drifted sideways and remained in a narrow range. Profit-taking was seen as the overriding theme after the …

ASX pushes higher, following a firm Wall Street: Aus shares up 0.5% at noon

16 Aug 2022 - China's economic slowdown continues to have a dampening effect on consumer spending. Bloomberg noted cautious consumers accumulated CNY10.3T in deposits over H1 2022,…

US equities rise despite weakening Chinese economic data

16 Aug 2022 - US equities rose on Monday as the rally on Wall Street continued as traders prepared for a big week for retail earnings.The move came despite disappointing economic d…

ASX starts the week on a positive note: Aus shares 0.4% higher at noon

15 Aug 2022 - China’s industrial output is likely to have grown 4.6 per cent in July from a year ago. That figure stood at 3.9 per cent in June. Retail sales likely increased 5 per…

US markets surge, ASX earnings season kicks off in a big way

15 Aug 2022 - Stocks rose sharply on Friday, clinching the fourth straight positive week for the S&P 500 as investors celebrated signs that inflation may be peaking. The key fundam…

ASX weaker in morning trading, returning some of yesterday's gains

12 Aug 2022 - A Kyodo News survey found around 42 per cent of major Japanese companies expect the economy to slow down over the next 12 months, up from just 5 per cent a year ago, …

Markets flat: EV carmakers struggle with soaring raw material costs

12 Aug 2022 - US equities finished mixed in Thursday trading, with the S&P shedding its morning strength. Investors received more good economic news when the July producer price in…

ASX surges higher after US inflation slows: Aus shares up 1.12%

11 Aug 2022 - The ASX closed near the day’s high, following a strong lead from Wall Street overnight. Lithium stocks were very much in focus again today posting strong gains across…

ASX surges higher in morning trading: Lithium stocks continue their bull run

11 Aug 2022 - The ASX opened up over 1%, taking its lead from a strong Wall Street overnight. Lithium stocks continue their bull run.

Lower inflation data drives market higher: Supply chain disruptions easing

11 Aug 2022 - US equities finished notably higher in Wednesday trading on the back of a cooler July inflation print.

ASX trading lower, tech stocks dive in morning trading

10 Aug 2022 - ASX trading lower, but off its lows as tech stocks dive in morning trading. Asia-Pacific shares fell in early trade on Wednesday as investors await inflation data fro…

Markets await tomorrow's US CPI data

10 Aug 2022 - US equities finished lower in fairly quiet Tuesday trading as investors navigated a batch of disappointing company reports ahead of a key inflation reading.

Markets flat, Momentum back with lithium stocks

09 Aug 2022 - Momentum now seems to be back with the lithium sector, with the catalyst being a very bullish quarterly report issued by US-listed lithum producer Albemarle last week…

ASX closes in the green, Lithium stocks lead the charge: Aus shares up 0.1%

08 Aug 2022 - Blurb

ASX edges lower in morning trading, reporting season kicks off: Aus shares down 0.2% at noon

08 Aug 2022 - The labour market added 528,000 jobs in July, easily beating a Dow Jones estimate of a 258,000 increase. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5 per cent, below the …

US job growth 'unsustainably hot': Mixed signals for US economy

08 Aug 2022 - Stocks wavered Friday in a volatile trading session after the July jobs report was much better than expected, as investors assessed what a strong labor market would m…

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