Prashant Mehra

Property investor Charter Hall Long WALE REIT has reaffirmed earnings and distribution guidance after lifting its half-year profit.

Retail and tech giant Amazon beat expectations for its quarterly revenue on the back of a strong holiday shopping season but growth at its cloud computing business lagged estimates, sending its shares lower in after hours trading.

Centuria Office REIT has narrowed its half-year loss on the back of steady leasing activity and reiterated its full-year funds and distribution guidance.

Citi analysts expect prices of copper, silver and gold in the US to spike after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Argo Investments has reported a drop in half-year profit, weighed down by losses from option writing and trading activities, and lower income from other activities.

The corporate regulator has opened an investigation into an outage in the batch settlement process of the Australian Securities Exchange on 20 December.

The Australian sharemarket is set to open higher, tracking optimistic global markets as Donald Trump was sworn in as the US President.

Goldman Sachs has initiated coverage on medical equipment maker ResMed and biotech giant CSL with a ‘buy’ ratings as analysts see a strong upside for stock prices of both companies.

Aluminium materials producer Alpha HPA says it has signed a fresh letter of intent (LOI) amid a lift in demand from the semiconductor sector.

Construction and mining contractor NRW Holdings’ chief financial officer Richard Simons has resigned from the role.