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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: ServiceTitan, Mission Produce, Chime Financial and more

9 Sep 2026

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. ServiceTitan — The software provider’s stock tumbled 19% after posting current-quarter revenue guidance that came in slightly below analyst forecasts. However, ServiceTitan surpassed Wall Street consensus estimates…

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Pacific Perspectives

The most active managers in almost a decade are trailing the ASX

9 Sep 2026

Australian active managers have had a horror run this year, wrong-footed by a relentless rally in the ASX’s biggest companies that has left the industry on track to record its highest rate of underperformance in…

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Pacific Perspectives 11 Jul 2025

Stock futures are flat after S&P 500, Nasdaq rally to new closing records: Live updates

U.S. equity futures were little changed Thursday evening after investors continued piling into risk assets, sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to new closing records. Futures tied to the benchmark S&P 500 edged higher by 0.04%. Nasdaq…

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Jul 2025

Global stock markets’ best and worst performers in a Trump-fueled 2025 — and where they’re headed

Global stocks have surged to unprecedented levels in the first half of 2025, even as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff salvos ripple across the globe. Here are the top winners and losers globally, as well…

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Jul 2025

AGL raises bet on after-dark solar with SA acquisition

Australia’s biggest coal power generator, AGL Energy, has acquired a newly approved solar storage project in South Australia, deepening its commitment to a promising but early-stage storage technology that can provide energy from the sun…

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Jul 2025

Tesla’s market share slides, prompting demands Musk step up to lead

Tesla is slipping further behind Chinese electric car making rival BYD with new global sales data showing the Elon Musk-led manufacturer’s market share fell across the world including in its North American stronghold. The figures,…

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Jul 2025

ASX to rise; Wall St rallies; bitcoin breaks record

Australian shares are poised to rise, bolstered by broad gains in New York where Nvidia became the first company to trade above the $US4 trillion ($A6 trillion) valuation mark. Nvidia rose 1.8 per cent on…

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Jul 2025

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts first winning session in three: Live updates

Stock futures were relatively unchanged on Wednesday evening after the S&P 500 recouped some of its losses from this week’s tariff-fueled slide. S&P 500 futures traded just above the flatline, along with Nasdaq 100 futures. Futures tied to the Dow…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Jul 2025

European markets shrug off tariff threat as investors await EU-U.S. deal update

What tariffs? European equity markets have completely discounted Trump’s threat of reimposing tariffs on countries that haven’t yet signed a trade agreement with the U.S. The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.3%. Regionally, Germany’s DAX, France’s CAC…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Jul 2025

Divided RBA shocks markets to hold cash rate at 3.85pc

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock has defied financial markets and the government by holding interest rates steady, saying she wants to be more confident that inflation is under control before cutting again, potentially…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Jul 2025

ASX to slip; Orica appoints Vik Bansal as next chairman

Australian shares are set to slip in line with mostly narrow losses in New York as investors try to determine how to interpret US President Donald Trump’s trade comments. Trump told reporters at the White…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Jul 2025

CBA warns $A at risk as trade war heats up

The Commonwealth Bank has warned that the Australian dollar is at risk of a violent reversal if US President Donald Trump follows through with his punitive tariffs on major trading partners. The local currency sank…

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