US stocks have closed higher as investors digested data showing that the country's economic growth picked up in the first quarter.
Stephen Culp and Niket Nishant
The ASX has plunged for eight straight sessions as soaring oil prices threaten to devastate grocery bills and corporate margins.
Cameron Micallef
European stocks have fallen as oil prices surge to a four-year high over the Iran war and investors expect a hawkish tone from European and UK central banks.
Marc Jones
The local share market has endured its longest losing streak since 2018 as oil prices hit $US126 a barrel and hopes fade of a quick end to the Middle East war.
Poppy Johnston
Shares in South32 are in the red after the diversified miner shocked investors with a huge cost blowout and delays at its much-hyped Hermosa project in the US.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
Woolworths boss Amanda Bardwell expects a ‘first wave’ of price rises in fruit, vegetables, milk and bread as she warns consumers are under ‘peak stress’ amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Cheyanne Enciso
Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources whittled down a mountain of debt and boosted its production targets after successfully weathering Pilbara storms.
Adrian Rauso
Woolworths says key producers have asked to be paid more, with surging inflation and massive extra fuel costs expected to lead to higher prices at the checkout.
Blair Jackson
Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell conceded the supermarket got it wrong during the last inflation cycle, promising to be more transparent with suppliers and customers this time around.
Cheyanne Enciso and Daniel Newell
Google's parent company revenue rose 22 per cent to $US109.9 billion in the first quarter, above an estimate of $US107.2 billion.
Akash Sriram and Kenrick Cai
Meta has revised its capital expenditure outlook, lifting the projected full-year range to $US125 billion to $US145 billion from a previous estimate of $US115b.
Staff Writers
US stocks have closed mostly lower as investors digested comments from the head of the country's central bank.
Australia’s sharemarket continued its decline on Wednesday but a better than expected inflation read gave a much-needed boost to the index.
Childcare giant G8 Education will close about 40 childcare centres around Australia - and 12 in WA - with ‘horrific’ child sex abuse charges against a former staffer partly blamed.
Rebecca Le May
A WA lithium miner has sensationally parted ways with its chief financial officer after he was in the job for less than a month.
European shares are down amid a lack of direction before earnings results from big tech firms and the outcome of a US Federal Reserve meeting.
Elizabeth Howcroft
Australia’s largest energy company has posted unexpected gains amid global turmoil, with revenue climbing despite cyclone disruptions hitting local operations.
BYD's first-quarter net profit has dropped 55 per cent from a year earlier as the electric vehicle maker's sales slipped in China.
US stocks have closed lower as investors digested reports about OpenAI's revenue results and focused on tech firms.
Australia’s sharemarket continued its decline on Tuesday, as oil prices jumped and investors awaited a critical piece of financial data.
Some Chinese steelmakers have been cleared to collect and trade iron ore from BHP Group that had accumulated at ports before the country’s state-backed buyer resolved contentious negotiations with the miner.
Katharine Gemmell and Alfred Cang
Resolute Mining says its Syama gold mine in Mali remains operational as it monitors a fresh outbreak of violence in the country’s capital and several other regional centres.
Daniel Newell
European shares are flat, US stock futures have dipped and oil prices continue rising as investors mull the deadlock over the Iran war.
Ankur Banerjee and Harry Robertson
US stocks have closed slightly higher as investors await earnings results from major companies during the week.
