AI data-centre builder Firmus is gearing up for an October ASX listing that could value it near fifty billion dollars — a huge jump from under two billion a year ago. Also covers today's ASX, AUD and oil moves.

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Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Skydance shares both jumped overnight on reports the two sides are close to settling the antitrust fight over their blocked merger. Wall Street had a strong session on a chip-stock rally and a sharp oil price drop, while the ASX closed flat Monday and the Aussie dollar held near 71 US cents.

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Perpetual has walked away from EQT's takeover talks for good after knocking back its final $22.50-a-share offer, sending shares down 14% — the wealth manager's betting instead on selling its Wealth Management arm to Bain Capital. Markets are otherwise quiet: the ASX is flat, Wall Street's still shut for the weekend, and the Aussie dollar's holding near 71 US cents.

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Bitcoin's clawed back above US$80,000 just days after tumbling to around $75,000, shrugging off the Fed's rate hike and a defeated crypto bill in the US Senate. Meanwhile Wall Street closed out its worst week since March, the ASX sits flat heading into Monday, and the Aussie dollar's holding just above 71 US cents.

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Macmahon Holdings agrees to buy Perth engineering firm Aspect Engineering Solutions in an all-cash deal, while the ASX finishes the day almost exactly where it started.

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RBA Governor Michele Bullock told parliament today that August's inflation warnings are playing out for real, while Wall Street rallied overnight and Oracle jumped on OpenAI funding news.

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Bg four banks' comeback on the ASX, a stronger mood on Wall Street overnight, and easing oil and Aussie dollar levels.

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MA Financial's big Melbourne shopping-centre buy and new retail fund, plus a choppy day for the ASX, a lingering Fed hangover on Wall Street, and where the Aussie dollar and oil sit.

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The US Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate hike since 2023 today, unsettling Wall Street even as the ASX closed higher after five straight losing sessions. Oil eases back, iron ore holds steady, and a Kiwi retailer blames a mild winter for soft half-year sales.

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Markets are on edge ahead of tonight's Federal Reserve rate decision, after the US ten-year Treasury yield broke above 5% for the first time since 2007. The ASX is clawing back some of yesterday's losses, oil and iron ore are little changed, and a Kiwi retailer blames a mild winter for a soft half-year result.

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