Breaking news and real-time updates from the ASX small-cap market
Megaport rockets on $827.3m AI cloud raise as healthcare rebounds; miners fade with iron ore weakness amid rates and Middle East risk.
ASX rebounds 0.9% after April CPI cools to 4.2%; investors pare June RBA hike bets as oil eases and geopolitical tensions cool.
ASX rebounds late week: easing rate fears and Persian Gulf peace hopes power a 0.41% Friday rise, after a 7-week low.
ASX 200 plunges 1.5% on renewed US-Iran hostilities as oil spikes over $100; banks and energy hammered, Tabcorp shares dive 14%.
ASX up 4.4% for the week; strongest since Oct 2022, despite Friday fade. Magellan-Barrenjoey merger approved; Telix jumps on US regulator nod; Iran talks ahead.
ASX ends Easter week near 1% higher amid oil spikes and Trump-Iran tensions; energy trims losses while tech slides, awaiting post-holiday trading.
ASX 200 slides 2.6% this week to 8,617 as Iran-Israel conflict lifts oil above $100; NST and SYR plunge, while EOS soars on a Middle East contract.
ASX 200 finishes at record close, up 3.7% in Feb as BHP profits beat and banks top forecasts; Block rockets on staff cuts; rare-earths rally lifts Lynas/Iluka.
War fears nudge ASX 200 lower despite QBE's 21% profit surge; energy gains lift oil names, tech slumps; Guzman sinks below float.
ASX slips 1.4% as AI fears squeeze software margins; yet the week climbs 2.4% on bank strength and gold rebound.
ASX 200 skids 2% as Bitcoin froth indicators fade and AI concerns weigh on tech and miners; weekly loss 1.8%.
ASX slips 0.7% as late pullback drags gold shares lower on Fed chair speculation; bullion drops ~5% amid rate-hike fears.
