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As of 10 Aug 2026, 04:00 am AESTSource: Yahoo Finance

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Market movers

Home and major world indices at a glance.

ASX 200

9,263.60 AUD

▲ 0.39%

All Ordinaries

9,445.10 AUD

▲ 0.42%

Dow Jones

54,036.93 USD

▼ 0.57%

S&P 500

7,757.64 USD

▲ 0.44%

Nasdaq

26,690.62 USD

▲ 1.24%

NIFTY 50

24,570.65 INR

▼ 0.27%

FTSE 100

10,901.09 GBP

▲ 0.12%

SENSEX

78,499.17 INR

▼ 0.58%

Australia markets

2 quotes
ASX 200 9,263.60 AUD 35.80 ▲ 0.39%
All Ordinaries 9,445.10 AUD 39.70 ▲ 0.42%

World markets

12 quotes
Dow Jones 54,036.93 USD -312.2 ▼ 0.57%
S&P 500 7,757.64 USD 34.09 ▲ 0.44%
Nasdaq 26,690.62 USD 327.18 ▲ 1.24%
NIFTY 50 24,570.65 INR -65.35 ▼ 0.27%
FTSE 100 10,901.09 GBP 12.79 ▲ 0.12%
SENSEX 78,499.17 INR -455.6 ▼ 0.58%
Nikkei 225 65,606.71 JPY -76.55 ▼ 0.12%
DAX 26,319.45 EUR 193.15 ▲ 0.74%
Hang Seng 25,668.03 HKD -247.8 ▼ 0.96%
CAC 40 8,714.93 EUR 15.22 ▲ 0.17%
SSE Composite 3,940.04 CNY 39.69 ▲ 1.02%
Straits Times 5,698.43 SGD 117.06 ▲ 2.10%

Commodities

7 quotes
Gold 4,399.70 USD 59.00 ▲ 1.36%
Silver 63.50 USD 0.1700 ▲ 0.26%
Copper 6.59 USD 0.02100 ▲ 0.32%
Platinum 1,759.60 USD 9.50 ▲ 0.54%
WTI Crude Oil 78.18 USD 0.000 ▲ 0.00%
Brent Crude 83.55 USD 0.000 ▲ 0.00%
Natural Gas 2.66 USD 0.000 ▲ 0.00%

Crypto · AUD

5 quotes
Bitcoin (AUD) 92,353.43 AUD 511.48 ▲ 0.56%
XRP (AUD) 1.48 AUD 0.005800 ▲ 0.39%
Ethereum (AUD) 2,724.10 AUD 13.57 ▲ 0.50%
Dogecoin (AUD) 0.09995 AUD 0.0003000 ▲ 0.34%
Solana (AUD) 109.29 AUD 1.79 ▲ 1.67%

FX

5 quotes
AUD/USD 0.7071 USD 0.0014 ▲ 0.20%
AUD/EUR 0.6113 EUR 0.0007 ▲ 0.11%
AUD/GBP 0.5234 GBP -0.0003 ▼ 0.06%
AUD/JPY 111.5200 JPY 0.3000 ▲ 0.27%
AUD/NZD 1.1988 NZD 0.0001 ▲ 0.01%

Interest rates

RBA cash rate target 4.35% Jul 2026
Standard variable mortgage (owner-occupier) 8.77% Jun 2026
Standard variable mortgage (investor) 9.35% Jun 2026
3-year fixed mortgage (owner-occupier) 6.74% Jun 2026

Markets news

finance

Gina Rinehart Bets $1 Billion on SpaceX in Boldest Move Yet

Australia's richest person has made one of the most striking moves of her career, taking a stake reported to be worth more than A$1 billion in Elon Musk's SpaceX, the largest single investment Hancock Prospecting has made outside its iron ore heartland.

By Melbourne News Desk · 3 August 2026 · 2 min read

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