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ASX 200 Closes at Two-Week High, Miners Gain While Energy Falls on Oil Drop

ASX 200 Closes at Two-Week High, Miners Gain While Energy Falls on Oil Drop

Australian shares ended Monday at their highest in two weeks after miners and gold stocks outperformed. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 35 points, or 0.4%, to 8,692, up for a third session. Oil fell as some traders bet on progress in U.S.-Iran talks, helping cool fears of a new inflation bump. Australia’s market is reacting to oil, inflation and interest-rate worries. Oil’s drop eased concerns about high fuel costs keeping inflation up, but local energy producers took a hit from the lower price.
25 May 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Stalls Near 9,000 as NAB Slides, Oil Shock Keeps Traders on Edge. (Indo Premier)

ASX on Watch as Inflation Test Looms After Volatile Week

ASX traders are watching Wednesday’s April inflation release, with last week’s bounce in banks and retailers now in play. The cash market is shut for the weekend, with regular ASX trading wrapping up on business days at 4:00 p.m. Sydney. The 2026 ASX calendar puts the next full day off for the cash market at King’s Birthday, June 8. S&P/ASX 200 finished up 35.3 points, or 0.41%, at 8,657 on Friday. That put the index up 0.3% for the week after swinging down to a seven-week low earlier. The All Ordinaries advanced 0.41% to finish at 8,877.2. Late Friday, the Australian dollar was buying 71.36 U.S. cents.
24 May 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Rallies as Miners Jump and Energy Shares Crack

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Rallies as Miners Jump and Energy Shares Crack

Australian stocks extended gains into a second day on Thursday. The S&P/ASX 200 finished 84.5 points up at 8,878.1, led by a surge in miners and gold producers. Oil and gas shares, on the other hand, drew sellers. The timing stands out: just two days back, the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked rates again, highlighting how much local markets are still feeling the effects of inflation tied to energy costs. As oil prices fell, some pressure eased. That shift quickly shuffled the leaderboard, with fortunes for some stocks flipping almost overnight.
7 May 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: Why the ASX 200 Jumped 1.3% After the RBA Rate Hike

Australia Stock Market Today: Why the ASX 200 Jumped 1.3% After the RBA Rate Hike

Australian stocks rebounded Wednesday, snapping a two-day slump as the S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.3% to finish at 8,793.60. That’s the highest close since early April, with banks and miners driving the gains. Risk sentiment got a boost after signs emerged of movement on a U.S.-Iran agreement. This shift landed just a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its main cash rate by 25 basis points, bringing it to 4.35%. The RBA pointed to climbing fuel and commodity prices tied to conflict in the Middle East, warning these were already feeding inflation. Some businesses, it noted, are trying to push those higher costs onto customers.
6 May 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Ends Lower but Still Logs Best Week Since 2022

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Ends Lower but Still Logs Best Week Since 2022

Australian shares finished in the red on Friday, but the benchmark still managed its best weekly showing since late 2022. A possible U.S.-Iran truce helped the week’s relief rally hold. The S&P/ASX 200 gave up 12.6 points, or 0.14%, to close at 8,960.6. BHP dropped 1.1%, Fortescue lost 1.3%, and Santos slipped 0.6%. Australia’s exposure to the six-week Middle East war has been pronounced, given the Strait of Hormuz—a tight Gulf corridor accounting for nearly a fifth of global oil trade—has kept both supply jitters and inflation risks front and center. The ASX 200 still managed to close the week higher by about 4.4%, despite Friday’s dip. With U.S.-Iran talks set for the weekend in Islamabad, the ceasefire remains far from secure.
10 April 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Ends at Five-Week High as Banks Offset Tech Rout

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Ends at Five-Week High as Banks Offset Tech Rout

Australian stocks managed a modest climb on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 ending 0.2% higher at 8,973.20—a level not seen since March 3. Banks did most of the heavy lifting for the benchmark, though steep losses among tech names limited further gains. The market stayed close to the 9,000 mark after Wednesday’s 2.6% surge—the sharpest one-day rise in a year—when that unexpected U.S.-Iran ceasefire sent oil briefly under $100 a barrel and sparked renewed interest in battered shares. Australian stocks had dropped roughly 8% in March, making this bounce particularly swift.
9 April 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Rebounds After $138 Billion Rout as Oil Slide Hits Energy

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Rebounds After $138 Billion Rout as Oil Slide Hits Energy

Australian stocks bounced on Tuesday, recouping some of Monday’s steep declines as falling crude prices spurred buying in miners and banks. The S&P/ASX 200 closed 1.09% higher at 8,692.60, according to ASX data. The bounce comes after Monday’s sharp rout, which erased about A$197.1 billion from the market and stirred up worries that war-fueled oil spikes would push up fuel and overall prices in Australia. Brent crude, which had surged above $119 a barrel the previous day, dropped roughly 7% on Tuesday.
10 March 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Suffers Worst Day in 11 Months as Oil Shock Slams Miners and Financials

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Suffers Worst Day in 11 Months as Oil Shock Slams Miners and Financials

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 tumbled 2.85% to finish at 8,599 on Monday, marking the steepest single-day decline in nearly a year. The index had slid as much as 4.4% during the day before trimming some losses, closing at its lowest level since mid-December. A surge in crude prices rattled investors, sending them fleeing from risk. The drop didn’t just sting for a day. The benchmark is now down 1.3% for 2026 to date, with energy standing out as the lone sector in the green—a clear indication investors are shifting toward firms set to gain from pricier fuel.
9 March 2026
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Australian Securities Exchange Weekly Wrap: ASX 200 Sheds A$130 Billion as Middle East War and Rate Risks Rattle Stocks

Australian Securities Exchange Weekly Wrap: ASX 200 Sheds A$130 Billion as Middle East War and Rate Risks Rattle Stocks

Australian stocks took a hard hit last week, with the S&P/ASX 200 tumbling 3.8% amid escalating concerns over the Middle East conflict. Investors saw around A$130 billion in value erased from the market. On Friday, the index sank another 1%, which wiped out close to half the gains made in February. The timing is critical, as the selloff comes up against a more hawkish domestic rates backdrop. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock called March 17 a “live meeting,” just as new data revealed fourth-quarter GDP up 0.8% and annual growth at 2.6%—both quicker than anticipated.
7 March 2026
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Australia stock market today: ASX 200 near record, banks lead week; Rio, GYG slide

Australia stock market today: ASX 200 near record, banks lead week; Rio, GYG slide

Sydney, Feb 21, 2026, 04:21 AEDT — The session has wrapped up. Australian stocks edged down on Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 dropping 4.8 points to 9,081.4. Still, the index wrapped the week up 1.8%—hovering right below Thursday’s record high of 9,118.3. Banks gained 0.7% while miners slipped 0.7%, dragged lower as Rio Tinto tumbled 3.1%. “All the major banks have now reported, and most delivered results ahead of consensus,” said Philip Pepe, senior equities analyst at Shaw and Partners, countering the “ex-growth” label critics have pinned on the sector, a term suggesting it’s out of earnings momentum.
20 February 2026
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  • Asia Stocks Up with Wall Street; Chips, AI Drive Gains as Oil Holds
    June 30, 2026, 2:36 AM EDT. Asia stocks mostly climbed Tuesday, with South Korea's Kospi up 1.3% snapping back from earlier tech losses. Heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix gained 3.6% and 1% after word of $500 billion in planned investment. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.9%, getting a lift from AI names like Tokyo Electron. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong slipped 0.8%. Oil prices stayed steady, close to pre-Iran war marks, as the U.S. and Iran plan to send teams to Qatar, though no direct talks confirmed yet. Wall Street ended higher-the S&P 500 added 1.2% as tech led, with Nvidia, Intel and AMD all strong. The dollar firmed against the yen as trading moved on.
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