Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: Australia’s sharemarket has started the week lower. The S&P/ASX200 fell 13.4 points on Monday, down 0.15 per cent, to 8831, as the broader All Ordinaries lost 11.3 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 9037..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: Wall Street climbed on Monday, with Broadcom ​and other chip stocks rallying as investors bought shares in companies related to artificial intelligence that are expected to ‌drive a strong second-quarter earnings season..... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks closed mostly weak on Monday as investors reacted to regional PMI data and some corporate news. Easing geopolitical concerns and hopes that major central banks, including the Federal Reserve, will hold interest rates.... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks ended mixed on Monday as investors waited for the corporate earnings season to unfold amid concerns over high valuations in AI-linked companies..... [more]

Australian Business News

• 18 Share Tips – 6th July 2026.... [more]

• Higher-earning Australians flocking to 5% first home deposit scheme with some borrowers earning over $200,000.... [more]

• A record number of exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been listed on the local stock market during the past financial year. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) added 72 new ETFs to its boards, up from 50 listings.... [more]

• SpaceX will be included in the Nasdaq index this week. Here's what that means for ASX investors.... [more]

• The NSW government will invest a massive $12bn over the next 15 years to build the next generation of the state’s trains, as part of a plan to lift manufacturing in the Hunter Region..... [more]

• In the effort to diversify its offering and building off the successful launch of its “unique-to-market” ASX-listed LiFTS Notes just under a year ago, Challenger has announced the first issuance of a new annuity-backed notes program..... [more]

• The investment philosophy that convinced advisers to stop chasing winners. The investment manager that every adviser knows, but many individual investors don’t..... [more]

• The five-minute exercise that could change how you invest. Many first-time investors spend hours looking for sharemarket clues in broker reports, headlines and economic forecasts..... [more]

• Markets have climbed the wall of worry. Can they keep going? Markets have weathered war, inflation and political uncertainty. The next year should deliver gains - but expect volatility along the way..... [more]

• NewPeak Metals Ltd (ASX:NPM, OTC:NPMFF, FRA:NPM) shares surged in morning trade after the company confirmed a large-scale gold-zinc-silver discovery from the first hole of its 2026 drilling program.... [more]

• Dalaroo Metals’ 2026 exploration campaign at its Blue Lagoon critical minerals project in southern Greenland is already bearing fruit, with geological mapping identifying multiple potential hard-rock sources.... [more]

• The most obvious gold merger on the ASX looks to be in train, after Genesis Minerals (ASX:GMD) leapfrogged Regis Resources (ASX:RRL) to sign up a merger with Vault Minerals (ASX:VAU) that would create a $12.6bn WA gold giant..... [more]

• Syntara reports encouraging early Parkinson’s trial results.... [more]

• ClearVue Technologies has secured an independent validation trial at Qatar University of its power-generating greenhouse glass, which could open the door to a Middle Eastern food-security market expected to top US$100M.... [more]

• Computershare Shares Up 38% on Quarter As $40 Looms.... [more]

• More than one million Qantas customers have been notified they could be eligible for a slice of a $105m class action claim. The multi-million dollar payment will settle a flight credit class action against the airline over scheduled flights.... [more]

• Stax customers who placed orders around the time the activewear business collapsed will have to wait on the uncertain outcome of negotiations between receivers and the array of lenders and suppliers owed money..... [more]

• Analysis - Ian Verrender: Donald Trump teaches crypto devotees a valuable lesson. US President Donald Trump should have been a godsend to the mysterious world of cryptocurrency..... [more]

World Business News

• Oil prices slip as OPEC+ raises output targets, Hormuz traffic remains resilient.... [more]

• OPEC is in a struggle for its survival. It could mean $40 oil. The Iran war exposed a long-simmering feud within the world’s most powerful oil cartel, boiling over this spring when it contended with the biggest oil supply shock in history..... [more]

• Measurement tweaks will make inflation data look better.... [more]

• Strategy is losing a lot of money on bitcoin. Here’s why it’s selling anyway. Bitcoin dropped, but then reversed higher, after Strategy said it sold some of its cryptocurrency holdings to pay dividends.... [more]

• Groq's founder says his 'terrible' leadership cost his company 3 to 4 years.... [more]

• Honeywell spinoff Solstice Advanced Materials (SOLS.O), said it will buy peer specialty ​chemical company Element Solutions (ESI.N), in a $14.5 billion deal, as it seeks ‌to capitalize on growing demand from AI data centers.... [more]

• Software stocks have rarely seen such divergent performances. Here’s how to pick winners. An Evercore analyst notes that infrastructure software stocks have vastly outperformed application names. But there’s still hope.... [more]

• Klarna , the Swedish fintech firm best known for its buy now, pay later offerings, said Monday it applied to federal and state regulators to establish a U.S. bank subsidiary..... [more]

• Tobacco Companies Are Cashing In on Zyn’s Unstoppable Popularity. The makers of nicotine pouches are building new plants and expanding to meet demand..... [more]

• Microsoft announced plans to lay off around 4,800 employees, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday, confirming Business Insider's earlier report..... [more]

• Xbox’s CEO says the business is ‘not healthy’ as it prepares for 3,200 layoffs.... [more]

• Versant Media Group, the owner of cable networks including CNBC, MS NOW and the Golf Channel, has agreed to acquire golf simulation company Full Swing from private equity firm Bruin Capital for about $530 million in cash..... [more]

• Canada to decide between German, South Korean submarine bids on Monday.... [more]

• Central banks in Europe could come under growing pressure from governments facing rising demands for pension spending and ​industrial support, European Central Bank policymaker Fabio Panetta said ‌on Monday..... [more]

• England recovers from World Cup hangover as pubs celebrate late-night sales boost. Heineken UK saw a 4,782% year-on-year increase in total sales.... [more]

• Sky owner announces £1.6bn takeover of ITV’s broadcasting arm. US telecom giant Comcast to snap up free-to-air TV channels and streaming platform to create UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster.... [more]

• A once-a-day Wegovy weight-loss pill has gone on sale at high street and online pharmacies in the UK, but is not yet available on the NHS. Thousands of people began receiving their first deliveries of the pill,.... [more]

• EasyJet shares surge as £5.5bn US buyout bid reaches final stages.... [more]

• ‘Smart operator’: how BT’s first female CEO helped turn company around. The firm’s share price has risen 80% under Allison Kirkby’s leadership – but pressure remains for her to deliver further growth.... [more]

• Russia risks an "explosive" banking crisis because lenders are shouldering much of the burden of the country's war economy, a European state intelligence report.... [more]

• Beijing opens lithium futures to foreign traders to cement pricing power over US. Miners, battery makers and traders outside China can now trade lithium carbonate futures and options on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange.... [more]

• Tencent unit seeks up to $1.55 billion from Kuaishou share sale, term sheet shows.... [more]

• Popular Chinese tea chain Molly Tea has been ordered to pay 10.3m yuan (£1.1m; $1.5m) in damages after a court ruled that its logo infringed a Louis Vuitton trademark, fuelling an online debate over intellectual property protection..... [more]

• Hong Kong US dollar gold futures trading hits record high ahead of clearing system launch. The surge comes as the city pushes to become a global bullion trading and storage hub.... [more]

• Japanese government bonds have a three-body problem. Rate hikes, quantitative tightening and market messaging can steady the JGB market for a while, but none can change where the yen is headed.... [more]

• Memory Chipmaker SK Hynix Kicks Off $28 Billion US Listing.... [more]

• A global hub for fake luxury goods, Vietnam cracks down on its black market..... [more]

• Vietnam Gambles on $4 Billion Port to Check China's Naval Power. The project in the south comes as concerns mount over Beijing’s influence in Cambodia, and its increasingly dominant position in the South China Sea..... [more]

• Indian apparel retailer Trent (TREN.NS), said on Monday its standalone revenue rose 19% year-on-year in the first quarter ​of fiscal year 2027, helped by continued store ‌expansion at its Westside and Zudio chains..... [more]