At the core of AAP Newswire is our unbiased, 24/7 breaking newswire that feeds the latest news from Australia and the world. Supported by over 200 journalists, AAP Newswire provides the news that matters.
Gold gained 1.0 per cent overnight after attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia fuelled concerns of a further escalation in Middle East tensions and pushed investors toward safe-haven assets.
The Australian share market has finished marginally higher as gains by oil companies and goldminers outweighed declines elsewhere in the wake of a drone attack on two Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Auto dealer A.P. Eagers has succeeded in acquiring more than 90 per cent of all Automotive Holding Group shares, reaching that important threshold just hours before its offer expired.
Bellamy's shares have surged by more than 50 per cent after the infant formula maker announced it had entered into a $1.5 billion takeover scheme with the China Mengniu Dairy Company.
Oil prices edged lower on Friday and posted weekly losses as concerns about slower global economic growth outweighed hints of progress in the US-China trade dispute but an attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities on Saturday was expected to result in increased prices.
Gold prices eased on Friday, heading for a third straight weekly fall, as positive US retail sales data and hopes for a thaw in China-US trade tensions lifted equities and yields to multi-week highs.
The Australian share market has closed slightly higher, rising for a third straight day following positive US-China trade developments overnight and the resumption of quantitative easing in Europe.
Suspended Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has admitted at an inquiry that she broke the law when she interfered in the council heritage listing process for a building in which she had a financial interest.
Oil prices have fallen about 1.0 per cent after a media report cast doubt on the possibility of an interim US-China trade deal and as a meeting of the OPEC alliance yielded no decision on deepening crude supply cuts.
Palladium prices have hit an all-time high on concerns over tight supplies of the autocatalyst metal due to possible labour issues in South African mines, while gold shed earlier gains on fresh hints of progress in the US-China trade dispute.
The competition watchdog says it has no reason to block Elders' proposed $187 million cash-and-scrip takeover of wholesale buyer Australian Independent Rural Retailers, which has 12 member stores in Western Australia.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has issued $US2.5 billion ($A3.6 billion) worth of subordinated notes amid a regulatory push to increase capital reserves.
Oil prices have tumbled more than 2.0 per cent after a report that US President Donald Trump weighed easing sanctions on Iran, which could boost global crude supply at a time of lingering worries about global energy demand.
Gold has risen on expectations of monetary policy easing by top central banks while global growth risks continue to linger, although improved appetite for riskier assets capped bullion's gains and kept it near a four-week low.
The Morrison government has moved a step closer to beefing up the powers of the securities watchdog as part of its aim to restore trust in the nation's banking system.
Woodside Petroleum expects to reduce its stakes in Australia's Scarborough gas field and Canada's Kitimat liquefied natural gas project, which would help it reduce its capital expenditure, its chief executive told Reuters.
Oil prices edged lower overnight after US President Donald Trump fired national security adviser John Bolton, who took a strident stance against Iran, raising speculation of a return of Iranian crude exports to the market.
Farmers are upbeat in west and south of the country after a drop of winter rain, though confidence in the drought-affected eastern states continues to crumble.
Oil prices rose about 2.0 per cent on Monday after the new Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, confirmed expectations that he would stick with his country's policy of limiting crude output to support prices.
Gold has fallen to a more than two-week low, briefly breaking below the key $US1,500 support, as renewed risk appetite and gaining US yields outweighed support for bullion from expectations for interest rate reductions by top central banks.
Oil prices have risen above $US61 a barrel after the head of the US Federal Reserve said the central bank will act "as appropriate" to sustain an economic expansion in the world's biggest economy that has been pressured by uncertainty over global trade.