The Australian sharemarket is trading sharply lower after President Donald Trump’s decision to push through tariffs on top trading partners sent US stocks to their biggest loss of the year.
The Australian sharemarket closed lower today dragged by miners,as a slew of disappointing company results weighed on investor sentiment.
The West’s sanctions around oil exports and other commodities from the Putin regime are crumbling — in reality,if not in law yet. And the stakes are huge.
The Wall Street honeymoon Donald Trump experienced in the initial months of his new administration appears to be ending.
Donald Trump’s demand for an $800 billion “payback” from Ukraine goes far beyond US control over the country’s critical minerals.
The Australian sharemarket closed higher on Wednesday,as a surge in technology stocks helped to make up for slump in mining and energy companies’ shares.
As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office,questions about the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia and their future will come under renewed scrutiny.
Russia’s last major gas corridor into Europe has been shut down by Ukraine and the move could substantially reduce Russia’s revenue from energy sales.
Coffee will be more expensive in 2025,and anyone trading or observing energy and commodity markets into the new year will need caffeine to survive.
Stonefruit WA chair Anthony Caccetta has encouraged shoppers to buy fruit from “trees down the road,not across the Nullabor” as 250 lines of produce fail border controls.