Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The S&P/ASX200 lost 1 per cent on Friday and has fallen more than 3.5 per cent over the week..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: Wall Street's three main indexes closed down ​on Friday amid a sudden setback in the U.S. labor market and a 12% spike in U.S. oil ‌prices due to the escalating conflict in the Middle East..... [more]

• European Market Report: Despite opening on a steady note, the major European markets closed weak on Friday amid worries about the economic impact of the ongoing Middle East war, which entered its seventh day..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks ended mixed on Friday after Beijing's strategic commitment to deepen tech investment. After announcing a conservative 2026 GDP growth target of 4.5-5 percent, China pledged substantial investment in high-tech sectors.... [more]

Australian Business News

• Renewed conflict in the Middle East, the software selloff and Nvidia’s earnings show mega forces reshaping markets in real time. These mega forces are well known, yet the scale and even direction of their long-run impact is uncertain..... [more]

• Weekend Wrap: All things Iran and Energy. The Iran conflict and soaring energy prices rattled markets this week..... [more]

• Cash-strapped motorists could be slugged 36 cents a litre more the next time they fuel up as oil prices surge to their biggest weekly rise in nearly four decades. The warning to motorists follows crude oil prices, which have jumped again.... [more]

• As the war in Iran intensifies, Australia's sugar industry says a national ethanol mandate could help shield motorists from future market shocks. Retail fuel prices surged just days after the conflict started, prompting criticism.... [more]

• The Reserve Bank of Australia has backed calls to keep cash circulating in the economy, describing bank notes and coins as “vital” for the country’s economic future. In a recent payment system board meeting,.... [more]

• The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has confirmed that it has further targeted surveillances underway in the managed funds sector, including private credit funds with a strategy of real estate lending..... [more]

• WiseTech Global Shares End The Week Strong As Tech Catches A Bid.... [more]

• 6 emerging fundies share the lessons and stocks shaping their portfolios.... [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 what they believe is the source.... [more]

• Carnavale’s BFS drilling drives Kookynie closer to gold production.... [more]

• Black Bear Minerals (ASX:BKB) has this week extended its mineralisation footprint with new drilling results from the Shafter silver project in Texas, after the company received first drilling returns, which have confirmed high-grade .... [more]

• Provaris Energy raises $1.3M for hydrogen & CO₂ plans.... [more]

• Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar has defended Block’s decision to slash more than 4000 jobs in the name of artificial intelligence, dismissing suggestions the cuts were driven by years of over-hiring rather than.... [more]

• Tasmania's second new Spirit of Tasmania vessel has left its home in Leith, Scotland and is bound for Australia. The 212-metre-long ferry departed Scotland.... [more]

• A long awaited second major film studio is coming to Sydney with the NSW government backing the build with a $100m investment. The Minns government is on the hunt for an industry partner and a location.... [more]

• Opinion - Morningstar: Why women should invest. This International Women’s Day, the team at Morningstar speak about the importance of investing..... [more]

• Opinion - Millie Muroi: The economy might look better, but it’s still coughing.... [more]

• Opinion - Grace Alvino: Worried about a bear market in 2026? 3 ASX shares for peace of mind. Not all companies suffer equally during bear markets. Some businesses can provide stability..... [more]

World Business News

• Surging energy prices and threats to shipping. How the Middle East war could hurt the global economy.... [more]

• US Inflation Gauges Likely Diverged Before War in Iran.... [more]

• The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran could leave consumers and businesses worldwide facing weeks or months of higher fuel prices even if the week-old conflict ends quickly, as suppliers grapple with damaged facilities, disrupted logistics,.... [more]

• Trump’s ‘roaring’ economy meets a rough start to 2026: What the latest numbers show.... [more]

• Fed ‘utterly paralyzed’ as Iran conflict stokes stagflation fears. Weak jobs report, higher gas prices move central bank to the sidelines.... [more]

• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called on President Trump to release oil from the national stockpile to counter soaring gas prices — an idea that Republicans have been slow to embrace..... [more]

• U.S. customs officials say they're working on a system to deliver tariff refunds, and they hope it'll be up and running within 45 days. Since the Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump's tariffs last month.... [more]

• OpenAI hardware leader resigns after deal with Pentagon.... [more]

• In a week when conflict in Iran sent the U.S. equity market into a tailspin, technology stocks tied to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence have proved more resilient than sectors investors have typically treated as safe havens..... [more]

• U.S. private equity firm ​KKR (KKR.N), is working with advisers on ‌a sale of data center company CoolIT Systems for a price tag potentially exceeding $3 billion.... [more]

• Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is increasingly targeting lower-price segments to expand its user base while protecting margins in premium products, according to a Bernstein research note analyzing the company’s recent product launch.... [more]

• Social media platform X is investigating "racist and offensive" posts by xAI chatbot Grok, Sky News reported on Sunday. X and xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment..... [more]

• Saks Global to shutter 15 more department stores in bankruptcy restructuring.... [more]

• Canada's Ivey PMI rises to 5-month high in February.... [more]

• Polymarket Founder Says War Bets Are Facing Growing Resistance.... [more]

• The European Central Bank is very unlikely to change rates at its next meeting and will make any decisions on a meeting-by-meeting basis, ECB policymaker Jose Luis Escriva said on ​Friday..... [more]

• The self-styled “punk” beer company BrewDog sold its Highland estate for a knockdown price after abandoning its efforts to plant Scotland’s “biggest ever forest” there. BrewDog’s co-founder James Watt claimed its Lost Forest.... [more]

• Mayor Sadiq Khan invites embattled AI firm Anthropic to expand in London.... [more]

• Roche (ROG.S), expects its agreement with the U.S. government will keep its medicines exempt from the current round of ​import tariffs, but its diagnostics division remains exposed and ‌could face renewed duties.... [more]

• John Lewis to give update as staff hope for first annual bonus since 2022. JLP, which runs department store chain and Waitrose, to report its results for year to January on Thursday.... [more]

• Italy weighs fuel-tax cuts as firms warn of energy price surge from Middle East war.... [more]

• China can keep employment ​stable and sustain positive ‌momentum over the next five years, ​its human resources ​minister said on Saturday, ⁠even as rising ​labour market uncertainties ​and the rapid development of AI pose challenges..... [more]

• The mobile industry buzzed with excitement over the artificial intelligence revolution showcased at MWC Barcelona 2026, but the optimism was overshadowed by the Middle East crisis and a memory crunch.... [more]

• China warns of global chip shortages as Nexperia dispute escalates again.... [more]

• Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has collaborated with researchers from Tencent Holdings and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on a new AI-based method that can improve the accuracy of three-dimensional design..... [more]

• Toyota, Hyundai and Chinese automakers expected to be most impacted by Iran war.... [more]

• A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based company that has lost control of two critical ports on the Panama Canal said it is seeking $2 billion of compensation in damages from Panama over its “illegal” takeover of the ports..... [more]