Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The Australian sharemarket swung between small gains and losses on Tuesday to close almost unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 finished down 3.9 points at 8949.40. The Australian dollar slipped 0.2 per cent to US71.63¢ .... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: Wall Street's main indexes were subdued on Tuesday, as renewed concerns about the Middle ​East war halted an early rally in stocks and overshadowed earnings optimism..... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks were slightly higher on Tuesday, even as contradicting signals cast doubts over the state of possible fresh peace talks between the U.S. and Iran..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks ended mostly higher on Tuesday, even as tensions between Washington and Tehran continued to simmer ahead of a potential ceasefire deadline..... [more]

Australian Business News

• RBA's 'worst nightmare': What exactly is stagflation?.... [more]

• After two decades of declining cash use, Australians are handing over more banknotes and coins for regular purchases again, a new survey by the Reserve Bank has found..... [more]

• FAAA laments cost of Govt legislative failures. Successive Australian governments have legislated to fix problems within the financial services and financial advice space without paying due care and attention.... [more]

• The world's biggest iron ore producer has low visibility of how the ongoing crisis in the Middle East will affect the back end of the year, after so far weathering most of its global disruptions. Rio Tinto.... [more]

• Aurum Resources has unleashed another wave of weighty gold hits at its Boundiali project in Côte d’Ivoire, with drilling at its BDT2 deposit continuing to stretch the system’s scale and sharpen its credentials.... [more]

• Bonanza hits put Ora Banda on track for third WA underground gold mine.... [more]

• One of Western Australia's two remaining coal mines is set to cut jobs and production, citing slowing demand for coal-fired power as a key factor. Premier Coal, which employs an estimated 500 workers at its mine near Collie.... [more]

• Explorer Metal Hawk (ASX:MHK) has this week commenced an extensive geophysical ground gravity survey to help define drill targets at the Leinster South project in Western Australia, targeting shear-hosted gold mineralisation.... [more]

• Kalgoorlie Gold Mining is shifting into high gear in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields, officially kicking off the most ambitious exploration blitz to date, starting with its Pinjin gold project..... [more]

• ‘Cornered rats’: Former BP boss urges gas export tax. Australia should stare down gas industry threats that taxing LNG exports will scare off new investment, a former regional boss of fossil fuel giant BP says..... [more]

• Mining giant Fortescue, which is rapidly switching its vast Pilbara iron ore operations to run on electricity, is pushing for reform of the country’s diesel tax credits which it says are an unnecessary “handout” to the mining industry.... [more]

• Queensland Tourism Industry Council calls on government for support as tourists cancel bookings.... [more]

• 4DMedical Shares Pull Back From Highs As Rally Faces Test of Support.... [more]

• China has granted export licences to eight new Australian facilities to start supplying beef, just months after introducing a range of trade measures and tariffs to protect its domestic cattle industry..... [more]

• Since the release of the full-year results on Feb. 27, 2026, TPG Telecom shares have risen 8%, dividend-adjusted, compared with the 2% decline in the S&P/ASX 200. We delve into why and whether there is still value at current prices..... [more]

• Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:RCE, OTC:RECEF) says a routine regulatory inspection of one of its Indonesian Phase 3 clinical trial sites has cleared the way for the study to continue, marking an important step forward.... [more]

• Emyria has launched its Empax Global Partnership Program, a new services platform enabling international drug sponsors to access its established clinical delivery infrastructure..... [more]

• Qantas, Virgin launch domestic ticket deals to fill cash coffers in Iran crisis.... [more]

• Woolworths engaged in ‘marketing magic’ to trick customers, consumer watchdog tells court. The trial between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the supermarket giant began in the federal court in Sydney.... [more]

• Opinion - Elizabeth Knight: Are we being cheated on prices? ACCC and supermarkets slug it out in court. For the consumer watchdog, this court battle is about more than the prices of Tim Tams, Coke and dog food..... [more]

• Comment - Kerry Sun: Why your ASX stocks never hit analyst target prices. Broker consensus targets sat above eventual share prices far more often than below, with misses outweighing beats almost two to one..... [more]

• Opinion - Shane Oliver: “Never waste a crisis” - The top five things needed in the coming Australian Budget. The upcoming Budget risks feeling like a stealth tax grab on workers and investors. Here are five reforms I want to see..... [more]

World Business News

• Trump says he's surprised the Iran war didn't tank stocks by 20% and push oil to $200.... [more]

• US natural gas prices edge higher as investors gauge Iran peace talks.... [more]

• Federal Reserve chief nominee Kevin Warsh said on Tuesday he had made no promises to President Donald Trump about cutting interest rates, as he tried to assure U.S. senators mulling his confirmation to lead the U.S. central bank.... [more]

• Retail sales up 1.7% in March from February driven by a spike in gas prices due to the Iran war.... [more]

• Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O. The longtime leader of the iPhone maker will be replaced by John Ternus, the company’s head of hardware engineering..... [more]

• Apple’s announcement Monday that CEO Tim Cook will step down and John Ternus will take over signals a significant shift for Apple: The company is betting its future on the most rapidly evolving technology.... [more]

• Meta (META.O), is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and ​keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative.... [more]

• JPMorgan just boosted its S&P 500 target on fresh AI excitement and big earnings expectations.... [more]

• These stocks are popping after Amazon and Anthropic expand their chip partnership. Amazon’s Trainium chip is seeing more traction, and suppliers Astera Labs, Credo and Marvell stand to gain.... [more]

• Judge orders Nexstar-Tegna to pause merger.... [more]

• Here’s what will really matter to Tesla investors when the company reports earnings. The focus could be more on Tesla’s story for the future than the numbers in its results.... [more]

• UPS and FedEx have begun filing for some tariff refunds.... [more]

• Tarsier Pharma files for proposed NYSE IPO.... [more]

• Michael and Susan Dell announced Tuesday that they have committed $750 million to the University of Texas at Austin that will fund the development of a new medical center and research campus..... [more]

• Starbucks to open new corporate office in Nashville.... [more]

• Amazon is pushing deeper into the booming weight loss market, unveiling Tuesday a new program that aims to simplify access to popular GLP-1 treatments..... [more]

• Brazilian petrochemical ‌firm Braskem (BRKM3.SA), said on Monday that Novonor and NSP Investimentos have signed an agreement to sell control of the company to private equity fund Shine I, which is controlled by asset manager IG4.... [more]

• UK agriculture deal with EU will not remove all red tape, peers told. Lords told sales of Scottish shellfish among areas that may benefit – but agreement will not erase all paperwork.... [more]

• Savers across the UK are being offered a record number of accounts and products and with interest rates still well above 4 per cent on the most competitive options, should make sure their cash is working hard..... [more]

• Britain's employers showed signs ​of caution in March after the start of the Iran warwith a measure of hiring falling during the month and the lowest number of ‌job postings in almost five years, according to data published on Tuesday..... [more]

• Heathrow Airport can recover up to £320 million of early costs linked to its expansion plans, the industry regulator has said. The UK Civil Aviation Authority also confirmed that a rival bidder for Heathrow’s third runway could recover.... [more]

• Primark to split from food business despite warning of Iran war impact. ABF, which owns Kingsmill, Twinings and Patak’s, to demerge fashion chain to maximise shareholder returns.... [more]

• Ireland cuts domestic growth forecast to 1.5%-2.1% on Middle East war.... [more]

• Italy to confirm 2026 deficit around 2.8% of GDP despite weaker growth.... [more]

• A consortium led by Sino Land, alongside state-backed mainland developers China Overseas Land & Investment and China Merchants Land, has won a tender for the Kam Sheung Road Station Phase Two development.... [more]

• Taiwan's export orders rose at the fastest pace in more ​than 16 years to a record-high in March, ‌with demand for the island's AI and technology products maintaining strong momentum..... [more]

• One reason many economists were disappointed with Sanae Takaichi’s selection as Japanese prime minister last October was concern that economic policy isn’t really her thing. Sure, the long-time Liberal Democratic Party.... [more]

• No records, no role: HSBC rejects Iran-linked money laundering claim.... [more]

• Nestle India reported a 26% increase in net profit to Rs 1114 crore on its highest ever domestic sales of Rs 6,445 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2026.... [more]

• India flips AB InBev from witness to target in antitrust probe, triggering court fight.... [more]