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Australian shares rise cautiously, after the Nasdaq and iron ore hit record levels – ABC News
Australian shares lift, as the owner of Smiggle and Peter Alexander suffers a massive protest vote from shareholders over its excessive pay for the CEO, while iron…
Australian shares have edged modestly higher, after Wall Street and European markets closed with mixed results.
By 2:50pm AEDT, the benchmark ASX 200 had risen (+0.5pc) to 6,648. The broader All Ordinaries index was up by a similar margin to 6,877 points.
Some of the best performing stocks were Janus Hendersen (+6.9pc), Monodelphous (+3.1pc), Whitehaven Coal (+5.7pc) and Treasury Wine Estates (+4.9pc).
Banks and miners provided a major boost to the market, including ANZ (+1.6pc), NAB (+1.2pc), Commonwealth…
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