Markets

The dollar value of Australia’s organic exports dipped 4.7 per cent last year, hit by red tape on sales to China, but domestic sales were up 15.3 per cent. There were $1.93 billion in domestic […]

Copper prices hit a four-month low overnight as an intensifying trade dispute between the United States and China took its toll on industrial metals with investors fearing damage to economic growth and weakened demand. Aluminium […]

Banks and health insurers have driven the Australian share market to a near 12-year high after the government’s re-election ended the threat of dividend imputation changes, increased regulatory scrutiny and capped premiums. Shares in the […]

The Australian dollar took a fresh knock when a rush of disappointing Chinese economic data swamped what had been a slightly better mood on the Sino-US trade dispute. The Aussie was lying at 69.30 US […]

Australia will import its first shipment of wheat in more than a decade as drought wilts supply in the world’s fourth largest exporter of the staple grain. The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources approved […]