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As of 25 Sept 2026, 08:31 am AESTSource: Yahoo Finance

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Market movers

Home and major world indices at a glance.

ASX 200

8,702.00 AUD

▼ 0.72%

All Ordinaries

8,897.00 AUD

▼ 0.66%

Dow Jones

51,349.98 USD

▼ 0.31%

S&P 500

7,704.13 USD

▼ 0.02%

Nasdaq

26,939.37 USD

▲ 0.01%

NIFTY 50

23,063.10 INR

▼ 1.14%

FTSE 100

10,679.99 GBP

▼ 0.24%

SENSEX

73,580.54 INR

▼ 1.27%

Australia markets

2 quotes
ASX 200 8,702.00 AUD -63.30 ▼ 0.72%
All Ordinaries 8,897.00 AUD -59.20 ▼ 0.66%

World markets

12 quotes
Dow Jones 51,349.98 USD -161.6 ▼ 0.31%
S&P 500 7,704.13 USD -1.900 ▼ 0.02%
Nasdaq 26,939.37 USD 3.33 ▲ 0.01%
NIFTY 50 23,063.10 INR -265.9 ▼ 1.14%
FTSE 100 10,679.99 GBP -25.31 ▼ 0.24%
SENSEX 73,580.54 INR -948.6 ▼ 1.27%
Nikkei 225 65,513.99 JPY 495.04 ▲ 0.76%
DAX 25,266.53 EUR -144.1 ▼ 0.57%
Hang Seng 24,761.13 HKD -72.99 ▼ 0.29%
CAC 40 8,081.43 EUR -41.98 ▼ 0.52%
SSE Composite 3,888.37 CNY -63.76 ▼ 1.61%
Straits Times 5,683.37 SGD -26.54 ▼ 0.46%

Commodities

7 quotes
Gold 4,304.60 USD -13.80 ▼ 0.32%
Silver 64.15 USD -0.2300 ▼ 0.36%
Copper 6.77 USD 0.09400 ▲ 1.41%
Platinum 1,755.50 USD 9.80 ▲ 0.56%
WTI Crude Oil 94.32 USD 2.16 ▲ 2.34%
Brent Crude 106.42 USD 3.34 ▲ 3.24%
Natural Gas 3.29 USD 0.2680 ▲ 8.87%

Crypto · AUD

5 quotes
Bitcoin (AUD) 119,982.99 AUD 3.26 ▲ 0.00%
XRP (AUD) 2.18 AUD 0.05020 ▲ 2.35%
Ethereum (AUD) 3,823.26 AUD 6.03 ▲ 0.16%
Dogecoin (AUD) 0.1359 AUD 0.004200 ▲ 3.15%
Solana (AUD) 166.04 AUD 2.57 ▲ 1.57%

FX

5 quotes
AUD/USD 0.7015 USD -0.0097 ▼ 1.36%
AUD/EUR 0.6161 EUR -0.0051 ▼ 0.82%
AUD/GBP 0.5301 GBP -0.0028 ▼ 0.53%
AUD/JPY 111.3230 JPY -0.6700 ▼ 0.59%
AUD/NZD 1.2382 NZD -0.0042 ▼ 0.34%

Interest rates

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