Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The Australian sharemarket finished back in the green on Thursday, rebounding from its mid-week plunge. The gains, led by a rally in tech stocks, came after Wall Street recovered from two days of punishing swings..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: Wall Street's main indexes edged ​lower on Thursday as the Middle East conflict entered its sixth day, raising concerns of fresh inflation pressures that could complicate the ‌Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions..... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks were mostly lower on Thursday as investors digested mixed earnings results and kept a close eye on oil market dynamics amid an expanding Middle East conflict..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks advanced on Thursday after U.S. jobs and services data beat forecasts, and reports emerged that Tehran is willing to talk with the U.S. on ending the war..... [more]

Australian Business News

• Household spending rose 0.3% in January 2026, reversing a 0.5% fall in December and following a 1.0% rise in November, according to seasonally adjusted figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)..... [more]

• Australia is set to be hit by substantially higher tariffs as soon as this week after Donald Trump’s original levies were struck down by the US Supreme Court. The levies could go up by 50 per cent from the current rate..... [more]

• How the RBA scores on its inflation goal. A reminder of the RBA’s mandate and a review of their track record in maintaining price stability since the early 1990s..... [more]

• The RBA as an outlier among central banks. The RBA is underachieving on inflation and overachieving on employment, with monetary policy that is hardly restrictive..... [more]

• Australians could save $1.6bn a year in credit card interest if they switched to lower-rate cards, new research has found. Canstar surveyed more than 2000 credit cardholders and found 31 per cent had never reviewed their card..... [more]

• The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has yet to act against the firms which audited the collapsed Shield and First Guardian funds but an Auditor-General’s report published in December pointed.... [more]

• Kalamazoo Resources has named mining executive Andrew McDougall to lead the company through its next phase, appointing the former Westgold Resources chief technical officer as chief executive officer effective 4 May 2026..... [more]

• Advance Metals has flagged major resource upside at its Yoquivo project in Mexico, with broad, high-grade silver-gold zones from drilling underscoring the project’s bulk-mining potential..... [more]

• Joint venture partners FMR Resources and Southern Hemisphere Mining have launched a fourth deep diamond hole at their Llahuin copper-gold project in Chile, using a refined geological model to pinpoint.... [more]

• Dynamic Metals spinning the bit at Cognac West gold prospect.... [more]

• Water scientists and Indigenous custodians are calling on the Northern Territory government to reject an application by Santos to drill and frack 12 test shale gas wells on a remote cattle station.... [more]

• Premier1 fires up gravity hunt for WA Murchison gold prize.... [more]

• Star's former top boss and its legal counsel both breached their director's duties during the casino's scandalous Chinese money laundering era, the Federal Court has found..... [more]

• Judge damns Star’s ‘dysfunctional and unethical’ culture under former CEO.... [more]

• A space start-up once billed as the future of Australia's rocket launch industry has collapsed into liquidation, still owing the Northern Territory government more than $5 million..... [more]

• Broadcom Shares Jump on Earnings – Analysts Raise Price Targets.... [more]

• Telstra first out of gates in Australia with anti-fraud APIs for network.... [more]

• The Treasurer says motorists should not be taken for mugs by the fuel companies as RACQ reports “unwarranted” hikes at the bowser to the consumer watchdog..... [more]

• Opinion - Stephen Bartholomeusz: Unusual bets on Trump’s war have rung alarm bells. Unusual activity in prediction markets in the 24 hours leading up to the US and Israeli strikes on Iran that decimated Iran’s leadership.... [more]

• Comment/Analysis - Grace Alvino: How much would I need to invest in ASX shares for a retirement income of $100,000 per year? With the right yield and portfolio size, a six-figure income from ASX shares is achievable..... [more]

• Opinion - Stephen Bartos & John Hawkins: Australian economy picks up speed, but managing inflation and rates is getting harder.... [more]

World Business News

• US jobless claims filings unchanged from previous week at 213,000 as layoffs remain low.... [more]

• President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi were sued ​Thursday over the U.S. government's approval of a deal by TikTok's Chinese owner ‌ByteDance to establish a majority American-owned joint venture.... [more]

• More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss.... [more]

• US mortgage rates didn’t stay below 6% for long. The average 30-year fixed mortgage was 6% for the week ending March 5, according to Freddie Mac – after war with Iran rattles financial markets..... [more]

• Eli Lilly on Thursday launched a new program designed to help more employers cover obesity drugs in the U.S., targeting a major barrier to access for patients. Lilly and its chief rival, Novo Nordisk, have moved to.... [more]

• Pentagon Says It’s Told Anthropic the Firm Is Supply-Chain Risk.... [more]

• Oracle Corp. is planning to cut thousands of jobs as part of its efforts to manage a cash crunch stemming from a massive AI data center expansion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday..... [more]

• Trade Desk’s stock soars, as a potential OpenAI partnership gave investors reason to cheer. The ad-buying platform’s shares were the S&P 500’s biggest gainer on the day — but are still among the index’s worst performers.... [more]

• Revolut, the British Finance App, Seeks a U.S. Banking Charter. The company said that the move, if approved, would allow it to offer more products to American customers as it seeks to grow globally..... [more]

• Broadcom (AVGO.O), shares rose nearly 3% on Thursday after the company predicted over $100 billion ​in AI chip sales next year, signaling rapid share gains in ‌the market dominated by Nvidia..... [more]

• BlackRock Inc. slashed the value of a private loan to zero at the end of 2025, just three months after assessing it at 100 cents on the dollar, marking the second sudden wipeout to recently hit its private-credit division..... [more]

• For the first time in nearly two years, Berkshire Hathaway sees enough value in its shares that it has “recommenced” repurchases, according to new CEO Greg Abel..... [more]

• Airwallex taps Rachael Horwitz to lead global communications.... [more]

• Morgan Stanley is laying off roughly 2,500 employees as job cuts continue this year in the financial sector..... [more]

• Short sellers have ratcheted up bets against private credit firm Blue Owl Capital, with short interest standing at all-time highs at a ​time when the private lending industry has been hammered by liquidity ‌and credit quality concerns..... [more]

• Poland's central bank (NBP) will not propose any alternative to ‌the European Union's 'SAFE' programme for defence financing that would lower its reserves, Governor Adam Glapinski said on Thursday.... [more]

• HSBC, Nationwide and Coventry building societies are the first big UK lenders to announce an increase in rates on their fixed mortgage deals as a result of the Middle East crisis, with brokers predicting others are likely to follow..... [more]

• Ex-CBI boss Dame Carolyn Fairbairn to become chair of HSBC UK.... [more]

• The Japanese carmaker Nissan has reportedly said it could be forced to close its plant in Sunderland if the UK is not fully included in new “Made in Europe” manufacturing rules proposed by the EU..... [more]

• European corporate profits head for two-year low.... [more]

• China on Thursday set its lowest economic growth target since 1991 at the opening of its annual national congress, in what some economists interpreted as a reflection of pragmatism as a weak domestic economy bites..... [more]

• China’s venture capital revival, fuelled by state cash, faces risk of losing momentum.... [more]

• China's Estun Automation (002747.SZ), will set the price ​of its listing in Hong Kong at the bottom end of its offer range, ‌the industrial robot maker said on Thursday, seeking to raise HK$1.49 billion ($190.54 million).... [more]

• J.D.com Inc. reported its first quarterly loss in nearly four years following a costly foray into food delivery, despite government subsidies aimed at boosting demand for big-ticket items like home appliances..... [more]

• India is seeking support from the United States to secure marine insurance cover for vessels transporting oil from the Middle East, as the government looks to ensure continuity of energy supplies amid disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.... [more]

• Opinion/Analysis - Niket Nishant, Alun John and Dhara Ranasinghe: Dollar, bonds, or gold - which is the safest haven to hold?.... [more]