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Closer to home, yesterday saw the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) keep its benchmark rate on hold for a 25th month.

Global stock markets retraced overnight, hurt by worries over the escalation of trade disputes between world powers and a deepening sell-off across emerging market currencies

Despite the pullback with profit taking at the end of last week, it was a strong month for equities in August with several markets hitting all time highs last week.

Global markets retraced overnight, consolidating a 4-day gain, with the ASX and NZX also halting what has been a strong rally in recent days that saw the ASX hit a post global financial crisis high and the NZ market hit a fresh all-time high. 

Global markets continued to move higher overnight with US markets hitting all-time highs for the fourth session in a row, boosted by a jump in Amazon.com and Alphabet, and on optimism over trade talks between the United States and Canada.

Global markets were little changed overnight, with major US markets hovering at all-time highs, a day after the United States and Mexico reached an agreement to overhaul the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canada has also re-joined talks to st

Global markets rallied overnight with the major US benchmark market indices hitting all-time highs, lifted by news that the US and Mexico have resolved their trade dispute, a key step in renewing the North American Free Trade Agreement which also includes

Global markets rallied on Friday as the US market added to its longest bull-market run, closing above its previous January high. Investor sentiment was supported by reassuring comments from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, who affirmed the US cent

Global markets retraced overnight as trade-sensitive stocks were hit by a fresh round of tariffs in the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China.