ASX Updates News 14 December 2025

ASX Today: What to Know Before the Australian Stock Market Opens (18 December 2025)

Australian shares are heading into Thursday’s open with a fragile global backdrop and a market that’s looking for a reason to stabilise after three straight sessions of declines. Pre-market pricing is essentially flat to slightly weaker, with SPI/ASX 200 futures hovering

17 December 2025

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PLS Group Limited (ASX:PLS) Stock Surges on Lithium Rally: Today’s News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching

SYDNEY — 17 December 2025. PLS Group Limited (ASX:PLS) shares jumped sharply on Wednesday, extending a volatile week for Australia’s lithium heavyweights as investors rotated back into battery materials on fresh demand optimism. By late afternoon, PLS was up about

17 December 2025

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Westpac (ASX: WBC) Share Price Today: Rate Outlook Shock, NZ Capital Rule Shift, and What Analysts Forecast on 17 December 2025

Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) is back in the spotlight on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, as a trio of developments collide: a meaningful shift in Westpac’s own interest-rate forecast, fresh regulatory direction out of New Zealand that affects Australian-owned banks

17 December 2025

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Brambles Limited (ASX: BXB) Stock Update: Buy-Back Progress, New Share Quotations, and the Latest Analyst Forecasts (17 December 2025)

SYDNEY — 17 December 2025 — Brambles Limited (ASX: BXB), the global supply-chain logistics group best known for its CHEP pallet pooling network, delivered a cluster of market-facing updates today that matter more for what they signal than for their

17 December 2025

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) stock: share price slips on 17 December 2025 as rate-hike talk returns — forecasts, catalysts and risks

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) shares fell on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, with investors weighing a suddenly-shifting interest-rate narrative and fresh macro signals that could shape bank earnings into 2026. CBA was down about 1.1% at around A$153.42 in

17 December 2025

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Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) Stock: Today’s News, Analyst Forecasts, and Key Catalysts on 16 December 2025

Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) is back in focus on 16 December 2025 as investors weigh a mix of near-term share price volatility against an expanding long-life asset base, major growth capex at Kalgoorlie, and fresh operational and infrastructure developments

16 December 2025

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CSL Limited Stock (ASX:CSL): Buyback Update, Analyst Price Targets and the 2026 Outlook (16 Dec 2025)

CSL Limited (ASX:CSL) shares remained under pressure on Tuesday as investors weighed a fresh buyback update against a still-choppy outlook for earnings growth. The stock traded around A$177–178 in afternoon trade, extending a volatile stretch that has left the biotech

16 December 2025

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) Stock Outlook on 16 December 2025: Rate-Hike Call, Analyst Targets and Key Catalysts

Commonwealth Bank of Australia stock (ASX: CBA) is back in the spotlight on 16 December 2025, not because of a fresh earnings release, but because the interest-rate narrative that helped define bank valuations in 2025 is shifting again—quickly. Over the

16 December 2025

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Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) Share Price Today: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts and 2026 Outlook (15 December 2025)

Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) is trading around the low-A$80s as Australia’s retail heavyweight heads into year-end with a rare combination of “steady defensive” cashflows and very modern questions about AI, privacy, and execution risk. As of mid-afternoon Monday, Wesfarmers’ own investor

15 December 2025

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CAR Group Limited (ASX:CAR) Share Price This Week, Latest News, and Week-Ahead Outlook (Updated 14 Dec 2025)

Updated: Sunday, 14 December 2025 (latest market data reflects the ASX close on Friday, 12 December 2025). CAR Group Limited (ASX:CAR) — the global online automotive classifieds and marketplace operator best known for carsales in Australia — has had a

14 December 2025

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Suncorp Group Limited (ASX: SUN) Stock Outlook: Storm-Claims Update, Reinsurance Impact, Buyback Support and Analyst Targets for the Week Ahead (Updated 14 Dec 2025)

Suncorp Group Limited (ASX: SUN) heads into the week ahead with investors focused on late‑November storm claims, reinsurance retention, and broker targets. Here’s the latest news roundup, what moved the SUN share price this week, and the key catalysts to

14 December 2025

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Coles Group Ltd Stock (ASX: COL): Share Price Update, Fresh News, Analyst Forecasts and Week-Ahead Outlook (Updated 14 Dec 2025)

Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL) heads into the new week with investors juggling two very different forces: near-term execution (solid sales momentum and a fast-growing online channel) versus a longer‑dated but potentially meaningful regulatory overhang (a proposed “price gouging” ban

14 December 2025

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