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Australia’s goods exports fell 0.9% month-on-month to a five-month low of AUD 44.06 billion in January 2026, reversing a marginally revised 0.9% gain in December. Non-rural exports declined 1.7%...

Household spending in Australia rose by 0.3% month-on-month in January 2026, recovering from an upwardly revised 0.5% decline in December. The strongest increases were recorded in miscellaneous goods and services...

The KOSPI Composite Index jumped 11% to above 5,600 on Thursday, rebounding sharply after having fallen nearly 20% over the previous three sessions as semiconductor and broader technology stocks recovered...

The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.4% to around 8,900 in Thursday morning trade, rebounding after a decline of more than 3% over the previous two sessions. Sentiment improved as a strong...

Australia’s goods trade surplus narrowed to AUD 2.63 billion in January 2026, down from AUD 3.37 billion in December and below market expectations of a AUD 3.9 billion surplus...

Gold climbed to roughly $5,170 per ounce on Thursday, extending the previous session’s gains as investors sought safe-haven assets amid intensifying tensions in the Middle East. The conflict entered...

The Nikkei 225 Index jumped 4.3% to climb back above 56,500, while the broader Topix rose 3.5% to 3,760 on Thursday, retracing losses from earlier in the week and mirroring...

Brent crude futures rose more than 1% to trade above $82 per barrel on Thursday, extending this week’s rally as tensions between the United States and Iran intensified following reports...

WTI crude futures rose nearly 2% to around $76 per barrel on Thursday, extending this week’s gains as tensions between the US and Iran escalated following reports that...

US stock futures were little changed on Thursday after the major indexes rebounded in the previous session, led by gains in technology and semiconductor shares. Geopolitical tensions also appeared...