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US petrol futures have jumped four per cent while crude prices are mixed after a hurricane shut down 16 per cent of the country's refining capacity, curbing fuel production and further bloating crude inventories.
Gold has jumped to its highest since November, extending the prior day's rally above $US1,300 per ounce as investors bought bullion as insurance against falling prices of other assets after North Korea tested a ballistic missile over Japan.
The Australian share market has slumped to a 10-week low after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and spooking Asian markets.
Engineering and mining contractor Downer says its acquisition of facilities management provider Spotless and new rail infrastructure projects will drive the company's growth.
The Australian market has opened sharply lower after Wall Street closed little changed but with energy and bank stocks dented as Tropical Storm Harvey crippled the US energy hub in Texas.
Gold has rallied to a 9-1/2-month high, breaching $US1,300 per ounce as the dollar fell and the euro rose after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) said that the euro zone's economic recovery had taken hold at a meeting of central bankers.
Property prices ‘still too high’Housing Minister Peter Tinley will today outline how lower income earners are continuing to be priced out of the Perth property market d
The Australian dollar has surged against its US counterpart which has fallen further with Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's making no mention of monetary policy at or since the Jackson Hole central bankers meeting.
US crude oil futures has fallen as Tropical Storm Harvey has kept hammering the US Gulf Coast, knocking out several refineries, which backed up crude supplies and disrupted fuel production.
The Australian share market has ended the day down, with a rise in global oil prices leading the energy sector higher but unable to offset broad-based losses.
Gold has firmed after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen made no mention of monetary policy in her much-anticipated speech, while investors awaited clues from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
Harbour plan all at sea after faction's mutinyWA Labor’s new factional force, “Progressive Labor”, flexed its muscle at the party’s State conference at the weekend by s
Oil prices have risen nearly one per cent as the US dollar fell and the US Gulf Coast braced for Hurricane Harvey, on track to become the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland in more than a decade.
The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart after speeches at the Jackson Hole, Wyoming central bankers meeting disappointed with little on monetary policy, prompting the greenback to fall.
Australia Post has nearly trebled its full-year profit to $95 million in Ahmed Fahour's final year as chief executive, boosted by another strong performance by its parcels unit.
Watchdog urges cut in wastewater chargeWA’s economic watchdog is at odds with the State Government after calling for cuts to water bills that would cost the State’s deb
Gold prices have drifted lower, pressured by a firmer US dollar as investors await cues on further interest rate rises from central bankers meeting in Jackson Hole this week.
The Australian share market has closed slightly higher, led by gains in the resources and a steady energy sector, offsetting a flat day for the major banks.
The Australian market has opened lower after Wall Street's key indexes fell following President Donald Trump's threat to shut down government if Congress doesn't fund his Mexico border wall.
$25,000 dose of Labor hypocrisyWA Labor is operating a cash-for-access Leaders’ Forum — which charges wealthy company bosses about $25,000 a year for private meetings w
Oil prices have risen after US crude inventories declined for the eighth straight week and as a storm approached the Gulf Coast with the potential to disrupt oil and refined products output.
Gold prices have edged up, drawing support from political uncertainty in the United States and the weak dollar before a major central banking conference there this week.
The share market has reversed earlier gains to close lower after falls by financials and healthcare companies outweighed gains in the energy and telco sectors.
The Australian market has opened higher after Wall Street rose following a report that President Donald Trump's administration was making progress on tax reform.
Threat won’t influence WA’s bank taxThe West Australian government says threats of a High Court challenge will not influence its deliberations over whether to include a
