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Today

Wall Street.

ASX to slip; Wall St drops after mixed Microsoft and Alphabet results

Australian shares are poised to slip. Wall Street is falling after mixed profit reports from Microsoft and Alphabet. Oil was volatile.

Yesterday

Wall Street.

ASX to rise, Wall Street lifted by data, earnings

Australian shares are set to open higher. Bonds steady after rout. Bitcoin rallies. Microsoft rises, Alphabet falls on quarterly results.

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  • Timothy Moore

This Month

Wall Street.

ASX to fall, bond volatility persists, Bullock speech on radar

Australian shares are set to open lower, tracking late session weakness in New York. US yields spiked higher, then tumbled. Bitcoin leaps.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

US stocks stumble on heightened Middle East tensions

US shares closed down, with investors wary of weekend geopolitical developments. Iron ore falls. Gold extends rally. ASX futures drop 0.9pc.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX futures, Wall Street whipsaw lower on Powell

The yield on the US 10-year spiked towards 5pc as the Fed boss signalled rates may need to rise if the economy’s strength persists. Telsa drops. Netflix surges.

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  • Timothy Moore
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Wall Street.

ASX to drop, oil rises, US bond yields advance

Australian shares are set to tumble 1.2pc. US 10-year yield tops 4.9pc. Netflix surges on subscriber boost. Tesla confirms margin hit. Jobs data pending.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX to rise, Nvidia paces techs lower, US yields surge again

Australian shares are set to edge higher. US shares were modestly lower after strong retail sales bolstered rate bets. REA in the spotlight. Bullock to speak.

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  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX to rise, Wall Street rallies on tech, oil eases

Australian shares are poised to rise. NZ CPI at 8.45am; RBA minutes at 11.30am. All three US benchmarks near 1pc higher. Bitcoin briefly tops $US29,000.

  • Timothy Moore
Goldman Sachs said Fed data show “households” bought nearly $US700 billion in Treasury bonds during the first half of 2023.

ASX to fall, RBA in focus, US reporting season accelerates

Australian shares are poised for an opening loss with geopolitics in focus, as well as oil and gold.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

US stocks close mostly lower, oil surges, gold rallies

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq each slid, as concerns mounted ahead of a potential ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli forces. The volatility index leapt.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX to drop, $A plunges as CPI supercharges US bond yields

Australian shares are set to fall at the open, tracking losses in New York. The prospect of higher US rates hammered the currency. US 10-year yield leaps.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX to edge up, $A pares losses on cautious Fed

Australian futures reversed early losses as Wall Street rallied into the close. Fed officials see balanced risks. Oil prices ease. US 10-year yield drops.

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  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX to rally, US bond yields tumble on bets rates at peak

Australian shares are set to open higher, tracking overseas gains. Volatility eases. China seen ready for decisive growth boost.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX to rise, oil gains, US stocks edge higher

Australian shares are set to open up on Tuesday. Brent was up though steady. Energy shares rallied in New York. US bond yields to drop.

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  • Timothy Moore
Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza.

Investors brace for oil price spike

Investors are braced for a possible oil price spike from Israel’s war with Hamas; Israel’s stock index fell 4.9 per cent, its biggest loss in more than three years; the ASX is poised to rise 0.8 per cent.

  • Joanne Tran and Ronald Mizen
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Wall Street.

ASX to open slightly up; US bonds heap pressure on markets

Australian shares are set to open slightly higher as the US bond market continued to trouble investors and unemployment figures indicated the labour market was still hot.

  • Natasha Rudra
Wall Street.

ASX to edge up, Wall Street rallies on tech rebound

Australian shares are set to open higher. Falling bond yields opened the door for techs in New York. US 10-year yield at 4.72pc.

  • Timothy Moore
Wall Street.

ASX to fall, US yields rocket higher on rates outlook

Australian shares are set to open lower amid a broad sell-off in New York as strong jobs data opened the door to higher rates. US 10-yr tops 4.8pc.

  • Timothy Moore
Michele Bullock presides over her first RBA board meeting as governor on Tuesday.

ASX to plunge, $A drops, global bond yields surge

Australian shares are set to tumble at the open. Traders shift on US rate outlook. RBA decision at 2.30pm AEDT. Bitcoin briefly tops $US28,000.

  • Timothy Moore
On Wall Street, US stocks closed mostly lower, reversing early gains.

ASX to fall, interest rates seen in holding pattern for now

Australian shares are set to open lower, extending the September quarter’s slide. RBA and RBNZ meetings this week are in focus. The $A is steady.

  • Timothy Moore