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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said there will be a royal commission into the aged care sector sent which listed aged care stocks diving.

Global markets were little changed on Friday, as shares on Wall Street were mixed after reports US President Donald Trump has called for fresh tariffs on Chinese products.      

Stocks across Asia rebounded on reports US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin extended an olive branch to his counterparts in China, inviting them to ministerial level trade talks.

Global markets were mixed overnight as the Nasdaq Tech index fell, while a rise in energy stocks and a report of fresh US-China trade talks helped keep the other major US indices afloat.

The local Australian and NZ markets rebounded yesterday after a period of selling. On the NZ market gains were led by market heavyweights, while energy stocks gained on the release of a sector report which allayed fears of tighter regulation on the electr

Concerns around the trade dispute between China and the US are keeping investors defensive, and although markets were calm overnight the recent pullback could be far from over. 

Wall Street’s major indexes fell late in the day as US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of additional tariffs on Chinese imports and Apple Inc indicated that some of its products (such as the Apple watch and AirPods) could be subjected to suc

Australian stocks suffered their biggest one-day fall since March, falling victim to a sell-off that swept across Asian markets with the ASX falling to a 2-month low. Investors are questioning how much further stocks can run as the trade spat between econ

Emerging markets led declines as investors positioned themselves more defensively while a deadline in the US-China trade conflict loomed. This also hit the Australian market, particularly given its ties to China.