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South32 stock slips on metals pullback as ASX rises — what investors watch next

South32 stock slips on metals pullback as ASX rises — what investors watch next

SYDNEY, Jan 8, 2026, 17:56 AEDT — Market closed South32 Ltd shares fell on Thursday, trailing a firmer Australian share market as miners eased. The diversified metals producer closed down 0.78% at A$3.81, while the S&P/ASX 200 ended up 0.29% and the materials sector slid 1.23%. South32 has traded between A$2.47 and A$3.87 over the past 52 weeks. Investing.com+1 The drift came as base metals cooled after a sharp run. Copper was down about 3.4% and nickel fell 4.4%, while aluminium dropped 1.6%, Market Index data showed. Market Index That pullback followed a burst of price action earlier in the
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Nifty, Sensex slide again on Trump tariff threat and foreign selling — plus 3 stock buys for Jan 8

Nifty, Sensex slide again on Trump tariff threat and foreign selling — plus 3 stock buys for Jan 8

MUMBAI, Jan 8, 2026, 12:06 IST Indian shares slipped again on Thursday, with the Nifty 50 down 0.18% at 26,093.35 and the Sensex off 0.13% at 84,847.3 by 9:55 a.m. local time, as tariff worries and foreign fund selling kept risk appetite thin. Reuters The move matters because investors are heading into a key stretch of quarterly results while the market’s biggest driver has drifted back to geopolitics. Traders are watching New Delhi’s negotiations with Washington, after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of higher tariffs on Indian goods over India’s Russian oil purchases. Foreign investors sold 15.28 billion rupees ($170.26
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NAB share price rebounds as inflation debate shifts to Jan CPI and RBA decision

NAB share price rebounds as inflation debate shifts to Jan CPI and RBA decision

Sydney, January 8, 2026, 17:37 AEDT — Market closed National Australia Bank Limited shares ended up 1.0% at A$41.10 on Thursday, after trading between A$40.72 and A$41.14. The stock was last up A$0.41 on the day and remains below its 52-week high. MarketWatch The bounce comes as investors in Australian lenders try to work out whether the next move from the Reserve Bank of Australia is still up. RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said inflation was “still too high”, and the central bank has warned rates may need to rise from 3.6% if price pressures persist. On Wednesday, data showed
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Reliance Worldwide (ASX:RWC) stock flat after performance rights lapse filing, Feb 17 results in focus

Reliance Worldwide (ASX:RWC) stock flat after performance rights lapse filing, Feb 17 results in focus

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:29 AEDT — Market closed Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC) shares ended flat at A$3.92 on Thursday, with about 15.7 million shares changing hands — roughly six times typical volume — after the company disclosed a small lapse in employee incentive securities. The stock traded between A$3.85 and A$3.96 and remains near the bottom of its past-year range. StockAnalysis The update is routine, but it lands at a moment when investors are jumpy about anything that hints at slower momentum. Staff incentives can signal whether performance hurdles are being met, and they can also add (or
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Why Macquarie Group stock (ASX:MQG) rose today: filings, funding and the next catalyst

Why Macquarie Group stock (ASX:MQG) rose today: filings, funding and the next catalyst

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:21 (AEDT) — Market closed Macquarie Group Ltd stock (MQG.AX) ended Thursday up 0.9% at A$208.69, after trading between A$206.56 and A$210.09. Turnover of about 557,000 shares was roughly half its three-month average, according to Investing.com. Investing.com The move comes as investors hunt for early clues on where the bank is putting money and how its client flows look in the new year. Macquarie runs a big asset manager and a markets business that can swing with funding costs and risk appetite. Those cross-currents are back in focus after a choppy start to January in rates
8 January 2026
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DroneShield Limited stock slips as JPMorgan drops off the 5% holder list — what investors watch next

DroneShield Limited stock slips as JPMorgan drops off the 5% holder list — what investors watch next

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:15 AEDT — Market closed DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) shares ended down 1.0% at A$3.85 on Thursday after a filing showed JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates had ceased to be a “substantial holder” of the counter-drone technology firm. The stock swung between A$3.62 and A$3.92 and traded about 21 million shares; it is still up about 16% this week after an 18% jump on Tuesday. Investing.com+1 Why this matters now: the register is back in focus while DroneShield works through a governance clean-up and investors try to pin down who is really holding the stock
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Westpac shares rebound after inflation cools — here’s what markets watch next

Westpac shares rebound after inflation cools — here’s what markets watch next

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:23 AEDT — Market closed Westpac Banking Corp shares (WBC.AX) last traded at A$38.01, up 1.3% on Thursday, paring losses from earlier in the week as investors weighed softer inflation against a still-wary central bank tone. Intelligent Investor The move matters because Australia’s big banks have been trading day-to-day as a proxy for the interest-rate path. Data showed annual consumer inflation slowed to 3.4% in November from 3.8% in October, while the trimmed mean — a core measure that strips out big price swings — eased to 3.2%. The next major read, December-quarter CPI, is due
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Taiwan Taiex cracks 30,000 — but a lawmaker says TSMC is warping the market

Taiwan Taiex cracks 30,000 — but a lawmaker says TSMC is warping the market

TAIPEI, Jan 8, 2026, 13:53 (GMT+8) Taiwan’s stock rally drew political heat this week after a senior opposition lawmaker said the Taiex benchmark no longer reflects the broader market because it is dominated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, which he said accounts for more than 40% of total market value. “The market structure has lost its balance,” Kuomintang legislator Lin Te-fu said. (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2026/01/08/2003850223). Taipei Times The warning lands at an awkward moment for investors: the index has pushed into new territory above 30,000 points on an AI-driven run, and money is moving quickly into a narrow slice of chip-linked names.
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IDFC First Bank shares rise after savings rate cut, as Nomura flags 23% upside

IDFC First Bank shares rise after savings rate cut, as Nomura flags 23% upside

Mumbai, January 8, 2026, 11:22 IST Shares of IDFC First Bank rose on Thursday after the lender cut savings account interest rates by up to 200 basis points (a basis point is 0.01 percentage point) and reshuffled balance slabs from Jan. 9. The stock was up nearly 2% at about 86 rupees by 10:45 a.m. IST, after climbing around 3% from the day’s low. Moneycontrol The move lands at a touchy time for banks that have been paying up for deposits. IDFC First has leaned on a high savings rate to pull in money, and any sign that funding costs
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Mineral Resources shares slip after flirting with a 52-week high as China flags battery overcapacity

Mineral Resources shares slip after flirting with a 52-week high as China flags battery overcapacity

SYDNEY, Jan 8, 2026, 17:19 AEDT — Market closed Mineral Resources Ltd shares ended lower on Thursday after pushing to within a whisker of a 52-week high, a reminder that the rally in Australian lithium names is still a jittery one. The stock closed down 1.34% at A$56.49. Investing.com Australia The move matters now because MinRes has become a quick read-through on sentiment around battery materials, even as it also sells iron ore. When the lithium tape softens, the stock can turn fast, and Thursday’s fade came after a sharp early-week jump. Traders have also been weighing fresh signals out
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ANZ stock edges up as RBA warns inflation still “too high”; Feb rate call back in focus

ANZ stock edges up as RBA warns inflation still “too high”; Feb rate call back in focus

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:13 AEDT — Market closed ANZ Group Holdings shares rose 0.7% to end at A$35.68 on Thursday, recovering a slice of the prior session’s slide as rate expectations swung back into view. Volume was about 4.1 million shares. MarketScreener The move followed comments from Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser, who said November’s inflation slowdown was “helpful” but largely expected. “Inflation above 3% — let’s be clear, it’s too high,” Hauser said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Reuters Why it matters now: Australia’s big banks trade day-to-day on interest-rate odds because
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CBA shares stop falling — but the next CPI print could jolt Commonwealth Bank stock

CBA shares stop falling — but the next CPI print could jolt Commonwealth Bank stock

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 16:50 AEDT — Market closed Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) closed up a fraction on Thursday, ending 0.03% higher at A$153.27 after swinging between A$152.45 and A$153.76. Turnover was about 1.0 million shares, after a 1.68% drop in the prior session. Investing.com Why it matters now: CBA is a rates stock in a market that can’t settle on rates. A softer November inflation read cooled the immediate panic, but it did not kill the chance of another Reserve Bank of Australia move, and investors keep pushing the timing around. Reuters On Thursday, RBA Deputy Governor
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Stock Market Today

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
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