Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The Australian sharemarket closed higher on Tuesday, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.9 per cent or 78.5 points, after rising 1.2 per cent in early trade, to close at 8857.1..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dropped on Tuesday as a broad selloff in software and cloud stocks blunted upbeat results from Palantir and kept investors on edge ahead of earnings from Alphabet and Amazon later this week..... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks surged to record highs on Tuesday as commodity markets stabilized, trade and geopolitical tensions eased, and the U.S. Congress prepared to vote on a spending bill to end the government shutdown..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks advanced on Tuesday as precious metals clawed back some ground after a historic sell-off and U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he agreed to a trade deal with India, helping ease trade tensions..... [more]

Australian Business News

• The Australian dollar has jumped ahead of a critical Reserve Bank interest rate decision. The local currency rallied in the lead-up to Tuesday’s anticipated rate hike, with money markets pushing up its value..... [more]

• Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock says Tuesday’s hike to official interest rates is the “right thing for the economy”, despite the inevitable pain for mortgage-holders..... [more]

• Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been accused of mismanaging the economy, with a Nationals senator demanding he “resign in disgrace”, as mortgage holders brace for the first interest rate rise in more than two years..... [more]

• Commonwealth, Westpac, NAB, ANZ respond to RBA's interest rate hike.... [more]

• The $100,000 superannuation mistake many Australians make in their 40s. When it comes to your superannuation, even a small mistake could cost you a fortune in the long run..... [more]

• Why switching to income may make sense in 2026, and our top 3 stocks to do it. Dividends don’t move like share prices, and that stability can matter most when valuations stretch..... [more]

• The case for investors to adopt a more active approach in 2026 can count another supporter, with investment experts from Schroders pointing to several structural changes forcing a new “regime” for investors to face.... [more]

• ASX reporting season: Four metrics you must look out for. Guidance, earnings, margins and dividends are what drive share prices during reporting season. Everything else is noise..... [more]

• 3 overvalued ASX shares going into earnings..... [more]

• Sarah Court to be first female head of ASIC, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces.... [more]

• Locksley Resources Limited has announced standout results from a targeted batch sampling program at its Desert Antimony Mine prospect within its Mojave project in California’s San Bernardino County..... [more]

• Grand Gulf Energy’s (ASX:GGE) share price has taken off by as much as +50% through Tuesday’s session after it acquired the Dry Wash antimony project in a prime critical minerals district in the United States..... [more]

• BMG lands $2.5M strategic placement to fuel WA exploration push.... [more]

• CuFe and its strategic Tennant Creek Copper Alliance partners have been awarded grants totalling $600,000 from the Northern Territory and Federal Governments..... [more]

• Cadia goldmine faces Supreme Court class action over contamination claims. Lawyers for the claimants allege arsenic, heavy metals and forever chemicals known as PFAS have travelled from Newmont's Cadia goldmine.... [more]

• City analysts caution over metallurgical coal supply.... [more]

• Aspiring gold developer Aureka Limited has unveiled further high-grade gold hits from recent drilling at the company’s flagship Irvine project, located within the renowned Stawell gold corridor in Western Victoria..... [more]

• True North Copper has beefed up its execution muscle at exactly the right moment, appointing seasoned mine builder Matt Varvari as general manager – operations as the company sharpens its focus.... [more]

• Racing to build utility-scale computer, quantum start-up earns $20m federal investment. Australian taxpayers are putting $20 million into a Sydney start-up’s quest to build a new generation of computer.... [more]

• A controversial $138 million luxury resort slated for construction in Western Australia's South West has been given a long-anticipated green light by the state's environment minister..... [more]

• Opinion - Elizabeth Knight: Why this charismatic corporate salesman’s reign came to an end.... [more]

• Comment - Greg Jericho: What are the odds? The RBA has raised interest rates – for no real reason other than to meet the desires of speculators.... [more]

World Business News

• Oil prices add to gains after report says U.S. shot down Iranian drone.... [more]

• Oil refiners on the U.S. Gulf Coast are struggling to absorb a rapid surge in Venezuelan crude shipments since last month's flagship $2 billion supply deal between Caracas and Washington, pressuring prices and.... [more]

• January jobs report will be delayed due to partial government shutdown.... [more]

• Alphabet’s stock is the hottest in Big Tech, raising the bar for earnings. Alphabet’s stock has rallied 80% in the last six months on AI enthusiasm. Here’s how the Google parent can keep the momentum going..... [more]

• Elon Musk's SpaceX to merge with xAI.... [more]

• Walmart (WMT.O), became the first retailer ever to hit $1 trillion in market valuation on Tuesday, riding on a year-long rally that has seen its shares rise nearly 26%, placing it among the ranks of Big Tech heavyweights.... [more]

• PayPal’s stock heads for near-historic decline upon ‘dramatic’ CEO change. PayPal just saw a major slowdown on a metric closely watched by investors..... [more]

• PayPal replaces CEO Chriss with HP’s Lores.... [more]

• Shares of legal software firms and other data service companies plunged on Tuesday after Anthropic released a new AI automation tool that investors worry could eat into much of their core businesses..... [more]

• Why Anthropic's latest AI tool is hammering legal-software stocks.... [more]

• Pfizer (PFE.N), on Tuesday released trial data on a high-profile obesity drug from its recent $10 billion Metsera purchase that raises questions about its tolerability for patients, and shares of the U.S. drugmaker fell around 3%..... [more]

• Self-driving company Waymo on Wednesday will defend its safety record before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee after federal agencies opened investigations into a vehicle striking a child near an elementary school and incidents.... [more]

• Disney Names Josh D’Amaro as Next C.E.O. Mr. D’Amaro, 54, has most recently served as chairman of Disney Experiences, a division that includes theme parks, cruise vacations and consumer products..... [more]

• Who is Josh D’Amaro, Disney’s next CEO?.... [more]

• SLB stock rises after securing $1.5 billion Kuwait Oil contract.... [more]

• PepsiCo is to cut the prices of some of its snack products in the US, following backlash against previous price hikes and pressure in the face of appetite-suppressing GLP-1 jabs..... [more]

• The pound was little changed on Tuesday as a light economic calendar made for steady trading ahead of the Bank of England's interest rate decision on Thursday. Sterling was last trading flat against the dollar at $1.3672,.... [more]

• EU to Offer US Critical Minerals Partnership to Check China.... [more]

• Europe must keep control over key technologies that underpin the region's economies, the European Union's Financial Services Commissioner said on Tuesday, adding to growing calls for the bloc to be less reliant on U.S..... [more]

• EU has ‘open mind’ on UK customs union talks, says official. Valdis Dombrovskis says bloc is ‘ready to engage’ amid meetings with ministers including Rachel Reeves.... [more]

• UK manufacturing growth accelerates as exports rise for first time in four years. The S&P Global UK manufacturing PMI survey, watched closely by economists, showed a reading of 51.8 in January, up from 50.6 in December..... [more]

• Santander offers 98% mortgage for first-time buyers – with strict rules. Fixed-rate loan will not be available on flats and new-builds, and loan must be no more than 4.45 times salary.... [more]

• Irn-Bru maker AG Barr buys Fentimans and Frobishers in deals worth over £50m. Cumbernauld-based AG Barr unveiled the acquisitions as it reported a ‘strong’ financial year..... [more]

• French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning..... [more]

• Spain sets a tourism record with 96.8 million foreign visitors in 2025.... [more]

• Spain will ban social media for under-16s and require platforms to employ strict age verification tools, joining Australia, France and Denmark in moves to curb the influence of digital platforms on children..... [more]

• Russia's 2026 GDP growth is seen at 1-1.3%, deputy PM Novak says.... [more]

• Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years .... [more]

• China’s gold trading hub rattled as second platform faces payment crisis. Uncertainty spreads in Shuibei as second platform falters, spooking investors.... [more]

• Trump’s dollar downer buoying Xi’s global yuan ambitions. Falling faith in the dollar coincides with Beijing’s release of Xi’s thoughts on the need for a strong national currency.... [more]

• China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns.... [more]

• Nintendo posted a 51% rise in profit for the first three quarters of the fiscal year as the Japanese video-game maker continued to score success with its revamped Switch machine..... [more]

• India's Kansai Nerolac Paints (KANE.NS), reported an 82% fall in quarterly profit on Tuesday, weighed down by higher expenses and a one-time charge of 447.2 million rupees linked to the country's new labour laws..... [more]

• India Says $500b US Purchase Deal Includes Existing Projects.... [more]

• Analysis - Allison Morrow: Trump gave Kevin Warsh an impossible job. Since Friday, fellow Federal Reserve nerds and market analysts have been poring over the résumé of Kevin Warsh,.... [more]