Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The S&P/ASX 200 index was up 49.1 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 8808.5 at the close on Tuesday. The Australian dollar was fetching US67.13¢ at 4.30pm AEDT..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were steady on Tuesday after a largely ​in-line inflation report sustained expectations of interest rate cuts this year, while investors weighed mixed quarterly results from JPMorgan ‌and Delta Air Lines..... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks are turning in a mixed performance in lackluster trading on Tuesday with investors largely staying reluctant to make big moves.... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Tuesday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight.... [more]

Australian Business News

• Consumers have started the new year in a gloomy mood amid mounting concerns about job insecurity and whether the Reserve Bank will lift interest rates in the coming months. A new Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey .... [more]

• Morgan Stanley says investors should prepare for another year of divergent returns among Australia's major banks, with the gap between the best and worst performers potentially reaching 20% or more..... [more]

• Zip Shares (ASX: ZIP) Retreat After Recent Gains.... [more]

• BHP stuck on the sidelines of copper deal frenzy it started as Rio Tinto, Glencore talks continue. BHP’s bold bid to buy rival Anglo American in 2024 was supposed to set it up as the clear winner in a copper boom it had long predicted..... [more]

• The Western Australian Government has granted RareX Limited (ASX: REE, REEO) Mining Lease M80/648 over its 100% owned Cummins Range Project - a major regulatory milestone.... [more]

• Augustus Minerals has ticked off a major milestone, securing heritage clearance for its Music Well gold project after a successful survey with the Watarra Aboriginal Corporation on behalf of the Darlot People..... [more]

• Osmond Resources is fast-tracking its Orión EU critical minerals project in Spain to complete a scoping study as quickly as possible and has raised $6.6m to achieve this objective..... [more]

• Growing global tensions have helped send shares in naval shipbuilder Austal to a record high, doubling the value of South Korean suitor Hanwha’s holding in less than a year. The WA-based defence stock .... [more]

• Australia’s olive oil industry is booming, as the Mediterranean diet’s popularity coincides with a global supply crisis that has led to soaring demand, including premium offerings of wine-style tastings and pairings with gelato and coffee..... [more]

• Shares in the company that owns Dan Murphy’s and BWS have hit a two-month low on news Endeavour Group is discounting to boost sales at the expense of its profit margin..... [more]

• Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) shares are edging higher today. Shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) supermarket giant closed yesterday trading for $30.31. In afternoon trade on Tuesday.... [more]

• NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals soars on stem cell tech results.... [more]

• 4DMedical reportedly raising $150M at $3.80/sh; ASX 200 inclusion possible.... [more]

• Australia's financial watchdog has banned a husband and wife from managing corporations for the maximum allowable period after the failure of their agribusinesses — one of which was linked to disgraced former NSW MP Daryl Maguire..... [more]

• Opinion - Steve Johnson: Where to catch the investment waves in 2026..... [more]

• Analysis - Mike Taylor: Trio option not Govt preferred for Shield, First Guardian.... [more]

• Analysis/Opinion - Mark LaMonica: 12 picks for an income portfolio - Q4 2025 update. Eighteen months in and passive income growth has exceeded my target..... [more]

World Business News

• The discount on U.S. crude futures to the global benchmark Brent has grown by around $1 per ​barrel since the U.S. ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3.... [more]

• US Core CPI Rises 0.2%, Bucking Estimates for Bigger Rebound.... [more]

• President Donald Trump welcomed December inflation figures released on Tuesday, saying they supported his push for Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates. The closely watched core CPI year-on-year figure.... [more]

• The Powell Defense Grows. Former Federal Reserve chiefs, Republican senators and — perhaps most important, many bond investors — raised concerns about an investigation into the bank’s leader..... [more]

• Wall Street CEOs warn Trump: Stop attacking the Fed and credit card industry.... [more]

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. warned that President Donald Trump’s call for a 10% cap on credit card rates threatens to “significantly change” its business and would harm the bigger.... [more]

• AI-driven market mania will hit a roadblock this year, Mohamed El-Erian says. The top economist and former co-CIO at PIMCO sees trouble ahead for the AI trade. While artificial intelligence powered the market to fresh records in 2025.... [more]

• Five factors that could make Alphabet the world’s most valuable company.... [more]

• A Google-backed space stock is up 600% in a year. Here’s why it could go even higher. Planet Labs just racked up a new deal,.... [more]

• Character.AI and Google agree to settle lawsuits over teen mental health harms.... [more]

• The Detroit Auto Show returns this week, offering an opportunity to take a peek at the cars of today and tomorrow and also go for a spin. The annual car-fest at a Detroit convention hall features a lineup of 40-plus vehicle brands..... [more]

• Boeing turnaround takes hold with highest annual jet deliveries since 2018.... [more]

• Just weeks after Rachel Reeves tried to boost market confidence in Britain’s fiscal stability, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s wiggle room is under threat again. The Labour government’s latest policy U-turns.... [more]

• X could 'lose right to self regulate', says Starmer. The UK will bring into force a law which will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images.... [more]

• UK Wealth Tax to Hit as Many as 200,000 Homes, Official Says.... [more]

• Diageo’s new boss, Dave Lewis, has barely started in the role, and the maker of Guinness and Johnnie Walker is already reportedly considering selling off its Chinese assets to trim down its portfolio..... [more]

• Australia's Aware Super buys 31.3% stake in European Outlet Mall Venture platform.... [more]

• Hargreaves Lansdown has poached the boss of rival group Vanguard to head up the business as its new chief executive. The UK’s biggest DIY investment platform announced it had appointed Matt Benchener.... [more]

• The BBC says it will ask for dismissal of Trump’s lawsuit.... [more]

• Rockwool (ROCKb.CO), shares fell 8% on Tuesday following a Bloomberg report saying Russia ordered temporary administration over two Russian units of the Danish building materials firm, traders said..... [more]

• China limits Nvidia chip purchases to special circumstances, Information reports.... [more]

• Chip designer GigaDevice jumps 37% in Hong Kong debut amid China’s self-reliance drive.... [more]

• Deppon Logistics (603056.SS), is seeking to delist from Shanghai Stock Exchange to adapt to industry trends and more efficiently integrate with the resources of shareholder JD.com's (9618.HK), own logistics arm.... [more]

• Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence strategy is defined by a commitment to open-source models, the company said on Tuesday, following a year of soaring adoption for its suite of AI services..... [more]

• Japanese investors sell foreign assets in December.... [more]

• India is asking quick commerce companies to drop their 10-minute delivery promise amid mounting concerns that the ultra-tight deadlines are worsening safety and working conditions for gig workers..... [more]

• India proposes annual revisions to industrial output weights to reflect economic shifts.... [more]