Australia stock market sinks as ASX 200 hit by gold rout — what to watch before the RBA call

Australia’s sharemarket looks set for a mildly positive start on Thursday, with S&P/ASX 200 SPI futures up 14 points around 8:30am AEDT. That follows a mixed Wall Street session where the Dow Jones closed at a fresh record above 48,000, while tech lagged. Locally, attention turns to the October labour force report at 11:30am AEDT and a heavy corporate docket led by Xero’s interim results, Orica’s full‑year, and GrainCorp’s FY25 print. Market Index+2The Wall Street Journal+2