Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The Australian sharemarket finished higher on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year, as the fuel price shock from the Iran war is stepping up inflation..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: After showing a strong move to the upside early in the session, stocks have given back ground over the course of the trading day on Tuesday. The major averages have pulled back well off their highs of the session but remain in positive.... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks were mixed on Tuesday as oil prices resumed their rise amid fears over constrained supply..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as oil prices fluctuated and U.S. President Donald Trump sought to delay his upcoming trip to China. Oil prices were up nearly 3 percent in Asian trading.... [more]

Australian Business News

• RBA lifts interest rates by 0.25pc for second time this year.... [more]

• RBA Delivers Back-to-Back Rate Hikes – Could There Be More In Store? The decision, which followed a February increase that took the cash rate from 3.60 per cent to 3.85 per cent.... [more]

• ‘If we have to change tack, we will’: RBA hikes rates but not aiming to put Australia into recession, Bullock says. The Reserve Bank has increased interest rates and left the door open to further hikes, warning inflation will stay higher.... [more]

• A Senate inquiry has provided Treasurer Jim Chalmers with ammunition for his plan to pare back the capital gains tax discount in the May 12 budget..... [more]

• Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pointed to the spiralling conflict in the Middle East after the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked the official cash rate 25 basis points to 4.1 per cent..... [more]

• Has Australia reached the end of the Great Economic Ponzi Scheme? As rising inflation and a worsening housing crisis puts political heat on property, I explore why intervention may only make it worse..... [more]

• The merger of one of Australia’s largest remaining corporate superannuation funds, TelstraSuper and industry fund, Aware Super, has moved to the penultimate stage..... [more]

• The risk of institutional thinking in personal portfolios. Where we have a one up over professionals, and where we need to be cautious..... [more]

• Australian consumers have ignored near-constant global uncertainty while spending online, with 2025 representing a huge spike in online spending by Australians..... [more]

• Atlantic Lithium lands a further $16.4m of funding to advance Ewoyaa.... [more]

• Northern Star Resources suffered its worst one-day selloff since 2010 - here's what analysts are thinking.... [more]

• Lodestar Minerals has identified visible copper sulphides in core from its maiden drill hole at its Three Saints copper and gold project in Chile, which is targeting a geophysical anomaly interpreted to show characteristics of a large.... [more]

• Siren Gold is chasing down a 7km long dyke at its Sam’s Creek gold project in New Zealand that appears to be harbouring multiple gold deposits. The company has landed a fresh 19-metre hit at 1.3 grams per tonne.... [more]

• S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) share CAR Group Ltd (ASX: CAR) is slipping today. Shares in the auto listings company closed yesterday trading for $24.21. In morning trade on Tuesday, shares are swapping hands for $24.04.... [more]

• AML3D’s +18% jump reminds investors of juniors part of Oz defence sector.... [more]

• As fuel prices continue to soar across Australia, rideshare company DiDi is providing drivers with a per-kilometre bonus. The bonus to drivers will come at the expense of customers and be included in the trip fare for every journey..... [more]

• Queensland's construction worker shortfall to peak at 35,000 ahead of 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, report warns.... [more]

• Crown Melbourne cuts 200 jobs, blaming regulation and ‘challenging’ economy.... [more]

• The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ordered manufacturing company Manildra Group to spend $170,000 on community projects for spilling 2,000 tonnes of grain into the Shoalhaven River..... [more]

• Opinion - Elizabeth Knight: Property sellers are flooding the market but buyers aren’t biting..... [more]

World Business News

• How many rate cuts? Iran war upends Federal Reserve’s next steps. The Iran war has scrambled the Federal Reserve’s outlook on inflation and unemployment and will likely further delay interest rate cuts this year,.... [more]

• Options traders' fears of a U.S. stock market crash have pulled ‌back nearly to levels seen before the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that made oil prices soar. The Nations TailDex Index (.TDEX), and the Cboe Skew Index (.SKEWX).... [more]

• Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is pressing the Energy Department for details on plans to provide oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as pump prices rise..... [more]

• Risks of a financial crisis are brewing, and it could be worse than the Great Recession, according to a longtime finance pro who predicted the 2008 crisis. Richard Bookstaber, a Wall Street veteran.... [more]

• Wall Street could be on the verge of a major change that could have implications for publicly traded companies and their investors. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is.... [more]

• Beyond Meat to delay annual report, reports preliminary Q4 revenue.... [more]

• Several airlines raised their revenue expectations for the first quarter on Tuesday, despite carriers dealing with higher jet fuel prices since the war in Iran started..... [more]

• Boeing sees profit for commercial airplane division in 2027, later than expected.... [more]

• Pono Capital Four, Inc. (PONOU) completed its initial public offering on March 16, 2026, raising $120 million through the sale of 12 million units priced at $10.00 each, according to a press release statement..... [more]

• The Pentagon is working to develop alternatives to Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence tools, according to a senior US defense official, following a Trump administration decision to declare the company a supply-chain risk in a feud.... [more]

• Tech giant Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company and the poster child of the AI boom, is banking its future on the rise of AI agents..... [more]

• Nvidia CEO heralds ‘inference inflection’ as next phase of AI boom, backed by $1 trillion in orders.... [more]

• A top 2% fund manager shares the 3 most AI-proof stocks he's betting on.... [more]

• Warner Bros. says sale to Paramount is a victory for shareholders, but the biggest winners are its executives. Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav is set to walk away with a ‘golden parachute’ payment of at least $551 million.... [more]

• Activist investor Jana Partners wants theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment (FUN.N), to ​explore a sale and immediately appoint a new head of its board of directors, according to a letter reviewed.... [more]

• Brazil's central bank will make another interest ​rate decision this week with two empty seats on its monetary policy committee, which may remain open for ‌several more months given tensions between the government and Senate.... [more]

• Colombia seeks a US sanctions exemption to invest in Venezuelan energy projects.... [more]

• The Bank of England on Tuesday set out a proposed new framework for banks' liquidity that aims to improve their ​ability to convert assets into cash during stress events. The BoE's prudential arm said the proposed ‌changes build.... [more]

• Thames Water creditors pledge £3.4bn of new equity in improved rescue bid.... [more]

• Regional mayors could be given control of some tax revenue to spend on their local priorities, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. The plans, which will be detailed in the autumn Budget, would not increase the amount of tax.... [more]

• Bentley to cut hundreds of UK jobs amid ‘challenging global market environment’. Carmaker reduces office-based roles and will not fill vacancies ‘to ensure long-term competitiveness of business’.... [more]

• Italy's F2i CEO says Europe's stability, good track record to support fundraising goal.... [more]

• US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is planning to delay a high stakes visit to China later in March by about a month because of the Iran war. "We've requested that we delay it a month or so,".... [more]

• China’s Oppo doubles down on foldable smartphones as potential Apple entry looms.... [more]

• Tencent Seizes Momentum in China Agentic AI Race Against Alibaba.... [more]

• Nvidia chip curbs turn Singapore into AI hub for China.... [more]

• Indonesia's central bank ‌kept its key interest rates unchanged on Tuesday and signalled little room for rate cuts ahead given the impact of the war in the Middle East..... [more]

• Nissan Motor plans to join fellow Japanese automakers Toyota Motor and Honda Motor in exporting U.S.-produced vehicles to Japan following changes to the country’s vehicle import rules reached through a trade deal last year.... [more]

• Sri Lanka has declared every Wednesday a holiday for public institutions to conserve fuel as the island nation grapples with possible shortages in the wake of the US and Israel's war with Iran..... [more]

• Opinion - Brett Arends: Warren Buffett’s parting gift to Berkshire Hathaway: a $2 billion Iran oil windfall. An allocation to energy has proved to be a very useful diversifier.... [more]