Coles Shares Steady After Alcohol System Failure Disrupts A$1.38 Billion Digital Platform

Coles Group Limited shares traded mostly flat on Monday following a disruption caused by an alcohol pricing mistake that took both its website and app offline. The shares dipped 0.1% to A$22.79 by 2:06 p.m. AEST, with the ASX cash market still open.

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.
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

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.
Coles Group Ltd (ASX :COL ) Stock: Uber Eats Exclusivity, Q1 Sales Momentum, Analyst Forecasts and Key Risks — What Investors Are Watching on December 13, 2025

Coles Group Ltd (ASX :COL ) Stock: Uber Eats Exclusivity, Q1 Sales Momentum, Analyst Forecasts and Key Risks — What Investors Are Watching on December 13, 2025

Coles Group Ltd heads into the weekend with investors focused on three themes that are shaping the near-term narrative for Australia's second-largest listed grocer: an expanded, multi-year on-demand delivery partnership with Uber Eats that becomes exclusive from late December, a first-quarter FY26 trading picture showing stronger supermarket sales and fast-growing eCommerce despite a weak liquor market, and a widening spread in broker views on valuation as the stock hovers near the low-$22 range. Investing.com+ 4Stock Analysis+ 4Uber+ 4
13 December 2025
McCain Pizza Pockets Recall Australia 2025: Cheese & Bacon 400g Pulled from Woolworths, Coles and IGA After Plastic and Metal Contamination Warning

McCain Pizza Pockets Recall Australia 2025: Cheese & Bacon 400g Pulled from Woolworths, Coles and IGA After Plastic and Metal Contamination Warning

Australians are being urged to check their freezers after McCain Foods Pty Ltd issued a nationwide recall for McCain Cheese & Bacon Pizza Pockets following reports of foreign material in the product. The recall, published on Friday, 12 December 2025, covers items sold through major supermarkets and online deliveries across the country. Food Standards Australia New Zealand+1
12 December 2025
OpenAI Certifications Hit 10,000 Workers as Accenture Bets Big on ChatGPT Enterprise and Agentic AI

OpenAI Certifications Hit 10,000 Workers as Accenture Bets Big on ChatGPT Enterprise and Agentic AI

In the first week of December 2025, OpenAI confirmed that more than 10,000 employees across its partners are now pursuing or holding OpenAI Certifications, with consulting giant Accenture emerging as the flagship example after signing a deep partnership to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise and large‑scale AI training to tens of thousands of staff. Reuters+3OpenAI+3Forbes+3

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Warsh at Jackson Hole

Policy tone can move rates, USD, equities, gold and crypto simultaneously.

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Michigan sentiment

A weak final reading or elevated inflation expectations could pressure risk assets.

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Chicago PMI

A surprise versus 58.0 may alter the near-term manufacturing-growth narrative.

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