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# real-time news from real people

The world is flooded with ‘content’, and financial news is no different. But much of it is of little use at the moment of buy-or-sell decision. More and more of it is machine-made. Missing the point entirely. Or flat out wrong.

You may as well read the press release yourself. That shouldn’t be too hard, as most business news also tends to be about the same handful of familiar companies over and over again.

Alliance News is a front-line news service for investors produced by a staff of journalists. We cover our markets universally, including stock listings both large and small. Yes, we use technology to the max, including some AI, but it’s our human core that keeps it real…and invaluable.

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16 Jun 2026 03:26 GMT

SYDNEY MARKET: ASX 200 falls ahead of RBA interest rate decision

(AWP Alliance News) - Stocks in Sydney were trading lower with consumer discretionary and banking stocks down, while oil and gas stocks climbed amid falling crude oil prices. The S&P/ASX 200 was down 37.90 points, 0.4%, at 8,876.10 on Tuesday afternoon. Oil and gas stocks traded higher. Woodside Energy rose 1.4%, Santos was up 0.9%. Consumer discretionary stocks were trading lower. Aristocrat Leisure fell 1.9%, Wesfarmers fell 1.8%, JB Hi-Fi lost 0.7%. Banking stocks were...

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16 Jun 2026 02:51 GMT

Asian Markets Track Wall Street Higher

(AWP Alliance News) - Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Tuesday, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, after US President Donald Trump announced that the US and Iran have reached a preliminary peace agreement to end the Middle East war, a move that could lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Asian markets closed mostly higher on Monday. Traders also remain cautious ahead of the release of monetary...

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16 Jun 2026 02:37 GMT

China retail sales weaken in May, jobless rate edges lower

(AWP Alliance News) - China's retail sales declined in May while factory output strengthened and unemployment eased, official data showed Tuesday. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.1% in May easing from 5.2% in April. Retail sales fell 0.6% year-on-year in May, below the 0.2% increase the previous month and missing the flat growth consensus forecast cited by FXStreet. Industrial production grew 4.5% on-year in May compared to...

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