Feb 23 2021
MELBOURNE Oil Search posted a surprise annual core profit on Tuesday as the Papua New Guinea-focused oil and gas producer aggressively cut costs to overcome a coronavirus-induced price slump.
Feb 16 2021
Feb 17 Coles Group on Wednesday warned
of a "significant" moderation in supermarket sales going forward
as pandemic-fuelled stockpiling is slated to come to an end with
the roll out of COVID-19 vaccines, sending shares sharply lower.
Jan 27 2021
Jan 28 Australian shares fell more than 2% on
Thursday in their worst session in nearly five months, as
investors fled riskier assets following overnight volatility on
Wall Street after the U.S. Federal Reserve flagged a potential
slowdown in economic recovery.
Jan 18 2021
* Shares hit highest since Feb 2020
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comment)
Dec 17 2020
* New Zealand GDP grows 14% in Q3, beats expectations
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Dec 16 2020
Dec 16 Australian shares rose the most in more
than two weeks on Wednesday, tracking overnight Wall Street
gains buoyed by a potential U.S. coronavirus stimulus package.
Dec 14 2020
* Afterpay closes at record level on ASX 20 inclusion
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Oct 01 2020
Australian shares closed higher on Thursday, rebounding from a more than 2% drop in the previous session, boosted by stimulus talks and hopes of further easing in coronavirus restrictions in the country.
Sep 30 2020
Australian shares fell more than 2% on Wednesday, with miners and financials suffering major blows, as investors tracked Wall Street futures lower after the first U.S. presidential debate stoked caution and uncertainty ahead of the election.
Aug 17 2020
MELBOURNE/BENGALURU Australia's Woodside Petroleum has exercised its right to match a $400 million offer by Russia's Lukoil to buy Cairn Energy's entire stake in the Sangomar oil project in Senegal, it said on Monday.