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ASX:MQG 19 December 2025 - 28 January 2026

Australia mortgage shock: CBA and Macquarie lift fixed home loan rates ahead of RBA decision

Australia mortgage shock: CBA and Macquarie lift fixed home loan rates ahead of RBA decision

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has increased fixed home loan rates by up to 0.70 percentage points, with its lowest owner-occupier fixed rate now at 5.79% for a two-year term. Macquarie Bank followed suit, hiking fixed rates across all terms. Meanwhile, National Australia Bank offers the lowest headline fixed rate among the big four banks at 5.39% for both one- and two-year terms, according to Canstar comparisons.
16 January 2026
ASX 200 hits 11-week high as banks rebound and tech rallies in Australia stock market

ASX 200 hits 11-week high as banks rebound and tech rallies in Australia stock market

Australia’s top share index edged up Friday, boosted by gains in banks and tech stocks, while energy and materials took a hit. The S&P/ASX 200 finished 0.48% higher at 8,903.9, with the All Ordinaries rising 0.46%. Technology rallied 1.17%, and financials climbed 0.99%. Westpac jumped 1.8% to A$39.19, Macquarie gained 2.6% to A$211.86. Meanwhile, lithium players like Pilbara dropped 3.1%, dragged down by a roughly 9% fall in China’s benchmark lithium carbonate futures from settle to close.
Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) Stock News and Forecasts: ASIC Settlement, Dividend, and Analyst Targets as of Dec. 26, 2025

Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) Stock News and Forecasts: ASIC Settlement, Dividend, and Analyst Targets as of Dec. 26, 2025

Macquarie Group Limited—often called Australia’s “millionaires factory” for its investment-banking pedigree and performance-linked culture—heads into the final week of 2025 with investors balancing three big forces: a diversified earnings engine that can shine when markets and dealmaking cooperate, a regulatory headline cycle that refuses to fully go away, and a set of analyst forecasts that still imply upside—just not the kind that comes without footnotes.
26 December 2025
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