Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The Australian sharemarket closed in the green on Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 79.20 or 0.9 per cent to 9086.20, as the bourse hit a new intraday record during the session..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: Wall Street's main indexes fell on Thursday, with financials sliding amid a broad selloff in private equity companies and weakness in some technology stocks, though some earnings-driven gains in industrials helped limit losses..... [more]

• European Market Report: European stocks were moving lower on Thursday as earnings proved to be a mixed bag and reports emerged that the U.S. military is prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian shares ended mostly higher on Thursday even as regional trading volumes remained thin amid the Lunar New Year holidays in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan..... [more]

Australian Business News

• Australia’s jobs market cooled slightly in the first month of 2026, but not enough to avoid more interest rate hikes in the near future, analysts warn..... [more]

• More Self-Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) are being established in the absence of financial advice while industry superannuation funds are witnessing outflows to platform-based offerings..... [more]

• A growing number of Australian parents have stepped in to help bankroll their children’s first homes – but the expectation that the chunk of money handed over will ever be paid back has all but disappeared..... [more]

• ETFs continue to solidify position as a portfolio staple.... [more]

• Zip (ASX: ZIP) is facing a savage selloff, with the stock opening 23% lower and now down 38% to its lowest level since May 2025. The first-half FY26 result missed on both revenue and earnings,.... [more]

• Why is Zip Co down -35% on Thursday? It’s complicated.... [more]

• So far, so good for income investor during this February ASX reporting reporting period. There's been some great results this week from well-known dividend stocks including, BHP, JB Hi-Fi, and Telstra..... [more]

• Viking Mines has unlocked high-grade tungsten hits by digitising historical data at its flagship Linka project in Nevada, revealing the system’s true scale and setting the stage for detailed drilling to come..... [more]

• Peninsula Energy has confirmed that its Lance uranium project in Wyoming, USA, remains firmly on track for its production guidance of 400,000 to 500,000 pounds of uranium yellowcake..... [more]

• Osmond Resources has continued to build its case for regional-scale at its Orion EU critical minerals project in southern Spain..... [more]

• Rio Tinto Ltd (LSE:RIO, ASX:RIO, OTC:RTNTF) reported flat underlying earnings of $10.9 billion for 2025 as stronger copper and aluminium performance offset weaker iron ore prices..... [more]

• Golden Dragon Mining has kicked off its next round of drilling at its emerging Coodardy prospect in Western Australia’s Murchison. The aim is to stretch its high-grade gold zone further along strike and deeper into fresh rock.... [more]

• Chariot Resources has nailed down a $1.425 million strategic investment from Shanghai Greatpower Nickel & Cobalt Materials Co., Ltd., which will now see the Chinese battery materials specialist become a significant shareholder.... [more]

• US mining giant Alcoa has been forced to pay $55 million after unlawfully clearing parts of a Western Australian native forest to mine bauxite..... [more]

• The owner of Bunnings, Kmart and Priceline says bargain-seeking Aussies helped it to a profit of $1.6bn, an increase of nearly 10 per cent, despite a dip in sales at the end of the year. Wesfarmers released its half-year results .... [more]

• Up to 50 job cuts expected in Qantas head office amid major leadership shake-up.... [more]

• Sonic Healthcare Shares Back Up At Resistance on Strong Earnings.... [more]

• Telstra is reaping the rewards of aggressive cost-cutting that has led to the shedding of more than 2300 jobs in the past year, posting a bumper profit while warning consumers may face higher mobile bills related.... [more]

• Telstra says AI cost-benefits need close examination.... [more]

• Vegetable scraps from a major Queensland producer are set to be turned into renewable energy in what developers say is an Australian "paddock to power" first. Construction began on Thursday on the $291 million commercial facility.... [more]

• A senior Coles manager has conceded the supermarket giant worked with a supplier to make a product more expensive while still claiming to have discounted it, admitting the company raised its price between specials only so it could.... [more]

• Comment - Adrian Atkins: Higher dividend for ASX member of our income pick list. Management lifted guidance and full-year dividend..... [more]

• Comment - Greg Jericho: As real wage growth falls again, Australian workers must feel the economy is rigged against them. The RBA never misses a chance to blame wages for rising prices but data shows profit-driven inflation is back.... [more]

• Explainer - Tristan Harrison: Everything you need to know about the latest Wesfarmers dividend. The owner of Bunnings and Kmart is sending out a larger dividend payment..... [more]

World Business News

• Oil is spiking on the latest bout of tensions between the US and Iran, and Goldman Sachs's top commodities researcher says more volatility may be coming..... [more]

• US trade deficit declined in 2025, but gap for goods hits a record despite Trump tariffs.... [more]

• National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that researchers at the New York Federal Reserve who produced a study finding American businesses and consumers are shouldering 90% of the cost of .... [more]

• Tariffs paid by midsize US companies tripled last year, a JPMorganChase Institute study shows.... [more]

• There's one corner of the tech sector where investors can hide out from AI disruption while still benefiting from the technology's adoption, Wedbush says. Analysts led by Dan Ives, a vocal AI mega bull, flagged cybersecurity .... [more]

• Private equity stocks tumble as Blue Owl restricts fund redemptions.... [more]

• Mohamed El-Erian warns of financial-crisis red flags after a major private-credit fund freezes withdrawals..... [more]

• Bain Capital is considering a sale or initial public offering of its portfolio company Dessert Holdings that could value the maker of cakes, pies and cookies at over $3 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter..... [more]

• Why New Balance’s ‘dad shoes’ are beating Nike as sales surge 19%.... [more]

• Amazon dethrones Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales.... [more]

• Walmart said Thursday that holiday-quarter sales rose nearly 6% and its quarterly earnings and revenue surpassed Wall Street’s expectations as gains in e-commerce, advertising and its third-party marketplace boosted its business..... [more]

• Hollywood's copyright fight meets China's AI boom.... [more]

• Netflix (NFLX.O), has ample cash and could increase its offer for HBO Max owner Warner Bros Discovery if rival bidder Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O), ups its own offer, two people with knowledge of the matter said..... [more]

• The West Virginia attorney general’s office sued Apple on Thursday. The lawsuit claims that Apple prioritized user privacy over child safety for years. .... [more]

• Ring’s Founder Knows You Hated That Super Bowl Ad. Since the commercial aired, Jamie Siminoff has been trying to quell an outcry over privacy concerns with his doorbell cameras..... [more]

• Hims & Hers GLP-1 pill gambit backfires, accelerating crackdown on drug compounders.... [more]

• Takeaways: Mark Zuckerberg testifies for the first time ever on social media and children’s mental health.... [more]

• Wayfair’s stock sinks, as investors worry expansion plans will hurt profits. The stock has now tumbled more than 30% in a little over a month, but was still up nearly 80% over the past 12 months.... [more]

• Energy group Repsol (REP.MC), is owed 4.55 billion euros ($5.37 billion) by the Venezuelan state, the Spanish company said in its annual report on Thursday, disclosing the figure for the first time..... [more]

• Sterling steadies after three-day fall as investors pause following dovish data.... [more]

• ‘Made in Europe’ EU industrial strategy could hit supply chains, UK minister warns. Nick Thomas-Symonds says move could also create unnecessary UK-EU trade barriers and increase costs.... [more]

• Record mortgages for first time buyers help drive Skipton Group past 1.3m members.... [more]

• British manufacturing orders remain well below average and price pressure continues to persist, according to a closely watched survey. The CBI industrial trends survey found that manufacturers’.... [more]

• Etsy sells second-hand fashion app Depop to eBay for $1.2bn.... [more]

• The European Central Bank fined JPMorgan's European arm 12.18 million euros ($14.32 million) for misreporting capital requirements after it wrongly calculated risk-weighted assets, the ECB said in a statement on Thursday..... [more]

• China’s “big tech” giants – including Alibaba Group Holding, ByteDance and Tencent Holdings – released preliminary figures showing impressive gains for their new flagship artificial intelligence offerings during this year’s Spring Festival.... [more]

• China's Zeekr premium brand enters Italian car market.... [more]

• Bank Indonesia holds rates steady, focus remains on 'undervalued' rupiah.... [more]

• Bill Gates pulled out of India's AI Impact Summit hours before his scheduled keynote on Thursday, as scrutiny over his ties to late financier Jeffrey Epstein intensified following the release of U.S. Justice Department emails..... [more]

• Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate will plow as much as 10 trillion rupees ($110 billion) over seven years into artificial intelligence-related infrastructure, joining the global rush into technology’s fastest-growing arena..... [more]