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Daily Market Update: 21st August 2025
The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) added 21.8 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 8,918.0 on Wednesday, while the broader All Ordinaries Index (ASX:...
The Australian share market lost ground
The Australian share market lost ground on Tuesday, weakened by a fall in health stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell...
Australian market hits new high
The Australian sharemarket extended its record-setting run, with the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) rising 0.2 per cent to close at 8959.30,...
ASX200 hits another record high
The S&P/ASX 200 notched higher marking its fifth consecutive record high, driven by renewed optimism following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate...
ASX boosted by banking sector recovery
The Australian share market continued its upward momentum, setting a fresh intraday high for a fourth consecutive session, supported strongly by the banking...
CBA sell-off weighs on local market
The Australian sharemarket posted its sharpest one-day decline in two weeks, dragged lower primarily by a sell-off in Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:...
Australian market hits fresh record
The Australian sharemarket closed at a record high on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia unanimously cut interest rates for the third time this year,...
Trump-inspired market gyrations the first big test for Australia’s SMA consultants
The spectacular market gyrations of April, sparked by escalating trade conflicts, geopolitical tensions and the Presidential ‘X’ account, represent the...
Getting clear on senior secured loans, without the myths
The contemporary notion of senior secured loans needs to be updated to reflect some of the inherent characteristics that make it one of the fastest growing...
Why breaking your advice business could be the best thing for it
The solutions to practice inefficiency might be completely foreign, but the challenges of service delivery have a habit of changing, so the methods employed to...
Iron-ore prices push higher, bolstering Australian miners
The S&P/ASX 200 Index rose by 0.5 per cent, driven by the increase in iron ore price. This surge propelled Rio Tinto up by 1.7 per cent, while Fortescue...