Samuel Yang

3 days ago | abc.net.au | Samuel Yang |Emily Stewart |Adelaide Miller

The Australian share market has finished the day up 0.8% at 8,530 points with a lot of winners and not so many losers. Overall, the market had 60 stocks in the red, 6 unchanged and 134 stocks gaining. When looking at the sectors, Energy finished at the top; up 1.9%, followed by Industrials; up 1.3% and then Consumer Cyclicals; up 1.2%. Only two sectors finished in the red; Academic and Educational Services finished at the bottom; down -2.6%, followed by Consumer Non-Cyclicals, down -0.5%.

4 days ago | abc.net.au | Samuel Yang

Good morning and welcome to Wednesday's markets live blog, where we'll bring you the latest price action and news on the ASX and beyond. A rally on Wall Street overnight will set the tone for local market action today. The Dow Jones index gained 0.5 per cent, the S&P 500 advanced 0.6 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.8 per cent. ASX futures were down 23 points or 0.3 per cent to 8,507 at 7:30am AEST. At the same time, the Australian dollar was down 0.1 per cent to 64.55 US cents.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Samuel Yang

Analysts say Australian consumers could soon notice price increases across a range of products as early as this winter. The RBA deputy governor warns firms that spreading increased costs worldwide could backfire. The Reserve Bank will meet again on July 7-8 to decide on interest rates just before the US pause on "reciprocal" tariffs on more than 50 nations ends.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Michael Janda |Samuel Yang |Emilia Terzon |Nadia Daly |Adelaide Miller

The Australian share market has finished the day up 0.3% at 8,435 points with an almost even split of winners and losers. Overall, the market had 92 stocks in the red, 11 unchanged and 97 stocks gaining. When looking at the sectors, Utilities finished at the top; up 1.2%, followed by Consumer Non-Cyclicals; up 1%. The Energy sector finished at the bottom; down -1.4%, followed by Industrials; -0.8% and Technology; -0.77%.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Samuel Yang

Gold has rallied to record highs above $US3,000 an ounce, with central banks adding to global demand. The recent stock market ructions saw a dip in the gold price, as investors liquidated holdings to cover potential losses elsewhere. Gold bullion is currently exempt from Donald Trump's tariffs on goods imported into the US, but traders are monitoring the situation closely.