See the latest developments in the financial markets and a summary of key macroeconomic data from around the globe and in Australia. Our Daily Reports focus on data that has been published during the previous trading day.
- 05 Dec 2025 Daily Report 5 December 2025
The gains on Wall Street ran out of steam on Thursday night, as the somewhat better US labour market data puzzled some investors.
- 04 Dec 2025 Daily Report 4 December 2025
The gains on Wall Street broadened last night, as ADP employment data disappointed, strengthening the case for a fed funds rate cut next week.
- 03 Dec 2025 Daily Report 3 December 2025
The S&P 500 resumed climbing on Tuesday night, but the gains were narrow.
- 02 Dec 2025 Daily Report 2 December 2025
US stocks started the new week with a retreat, following a streak of gains in the previous trading days. Investors were digesting a quite discouraging ISM manufacturing PMI report, which pointed to further contraction in activity overall and employment, but also led to faster growth in prices.
- 01 Dec 2025 Daily Report 1 December 2025
US stocks continued to climb in thin trading during the shortened session on Friday. This followed an outage at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange caused by a data centre fault, which disrupted pre-market activity. Market sentiment remained supported by hopes for more monetary policy easing from the Fed.
- 28 Nov 2025 Daily Report 28 November 2025
It was a relatively quiet night on global financial markets, with US markets closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. European equities rose for the fourth day in a row, with the Stoxx 600 edging up 0.1% following a mixed session in the Asia-Pacific region. At home, the ASX 200 gave up most of yesterday’s early gains to close 0.2% higher and is marginally higher in early trade this morning.