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With the exception of oil, commodities performed strangely well in Friday’s bloodbath, led by gold, silver, copper and iron ore.

A market preview for the 2023-24 monetary report and outlook for Aurizon Railway Group (ASX:AZJ) for the year ahead. Shares fell more than 8% in Monday’s session, despite a result that showed the company benefited from the absence. of heavy rains from La Niña.

Shares in glass manufacturer and packaging company Orora (ASX:ORA) rose more than 19 per cent in morning trading after confirming and rejecting a US acquisition strategy in line with the personal equity of FishermanArray.

After a long process, Sims (ASX:SGM) has nevertheless discovered a customer for its scrap metal business in the UK and has also completed the sale of the last stake in a US operation.

Nearly 40% of the largest United States production investments announced in the first year of President Joe Biden’s major trade and climate policies were delayed or suspended, according to an investigation by the Financial Times.

Even AGL Energy (ASX:AGL) believes that its 2023-24 boom will be repeated in 2024-25.

Contrary to expectations, Australian wage expansion remained stagnant at 0. 8% in the June quarter, below forecast increases, while annual velocity also remained solid at 4. 1%.

Is this an early prediction of the U. S. presidential election in early November?

Winston Sammut, Head of Real Estate at Euree Asset Management, gives his weekly perspectives on the REIT sector.

American economic nationalism is poised to disrupt global trade regardless of who wins the White House in November, and shipowners are alarmed at the prospect of a return to Donald Trump’s protectionism “on steroids,” according to the head of a major commercial commission. cluster.